WINDHOEK- AfricAvenir Windhoek and the Goethe-Centre Windhoek is inviting the public to the Namibian Premiere of the Kenyan film, Something Necessary at the Goethe-Centre Windhoek next Friday.
Director by Kenyan, Judy Kibinge, the 2013, 85 minutes film is an intimate moment in the life of Anne, a woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya after the 2007 elections, claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son, and leaving her home on an isolated farm in the Kenyan countryside in ruins. It begins with disturbing, real video footage of the carnage that occurred after the elections, but the film opts instead to tell the quiet story of Anne’s struggle to move on from the past. Once a nurse, with a solid career and loving family, she now has nothing but her resolve to rebuild her life left.
Joseph, a troubled young gang member who participated in the countrywide violence, is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search for redemption. Both he and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on – but will either of them find it? The screening is supported by AfriCine, WhatsOnWindhoek, Goethe-Centre/NaDS, Turipamwe Designs and One Fine Day Films.