Softie
Status: Released
WORLD PREMIERE - SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Boniface “Softie” Mwangi has long fought injustices in his country as a political activist. Now he’s taking the next step by running for office in a regional Kenyan election. From the moment Boniface decides to run, telling his wife, Njeri, in passing with a hesitant laugh, he responds to each challenge with optimism. But running a clean campaign against corrupt opponents becomes increasingly harder to combat with idealism alone. And Boniface soon finds that challenging strong political dynasties is putting his family at risk. Should country really come before family, as he’s always believed?
FESTIVALS
Sundance Film Festival | HotDocs| Human Rights Film Festival Berlin | Durban International Film Festival | Elgouna Film Festival | Encounters South Africa Documentary Film Festival | NBO Film Festival | Zanzibar International Film Festival | Buenos Aires Human Rights Film Festival | African, Asia, Latin America Film Festival | Blackstar Film Festival | Salem Film Festival |
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Peabody Awards 2020 Nominee | Africa Movie Academy Award -Best Documentary | Cinema Eye Honors | Best Documentary - One World Media Awards | Best Documentary - Social Impact Media Awards | Nominee - Best Documentary, News and Documentary Emmys | PGA Award Nominee - Documentary Motion Picture | Best Documentary - Human Rights Film Festival Berlin | Elgouna Silver Star for Documentary | Best Documentary - Lunenburg Doc Fest | Best Documentary - Durban International Film Festival | Special Jury Award for Editing - Sundance Film Festival | Best Documentary - Encounters South Africa International Film Festival |
PRESS
Deadline | New York Times | Roger Ebert | Variety | Los Angeles Times | The Film Stage | Indie Wire | Filmmaker Magazine | Boston Globe | POV |Financial Times | Mail and Guardian | Sinema Focus | Blavity | Nation Africa | The Oak Leaf |
CREDITS
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Director |
Sam Soko |
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Screenwriter |
Sam Soko |
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Produced By |
Toni Kamau |
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Sam Soko |
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Editors |
Mila Aung-Thwin |
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Sam Soko |
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Ryan Mullins |
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Cinematographers |
Joel "Ingo" Ngui |
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Sam Soko |
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Chris Rhys Howarth |
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Composers |
Olivier Alary |
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Johannes Malfatti |
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Sound Design |
Cory Rizos |
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Colorists |
Hamed "Ed" Aleali |
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Sam Neboschizkij |
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Associate Producer |
Katie McKay |
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Line Producers |
Valerie Shamash |
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Ruth Munyiri |
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Executive Producers |
Bob Moore |
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Mila Aung-Thwin |
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Sandra Whipham |
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Marjon Javadi |
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Justine Nagan |
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Chris White |
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Mandy Chang |
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Jess Search |
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Daniel Cross |
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Bramwel Iro |