SUPA MODO

Credits

Name: SUPA MODO

Country: Kenia

Year of publication: 2018

Format: DCP

Color: color

Duration: 74 Minuten

Direction: Wainaina, Likarion

Abstract

Nine-year-old Jo loves action films and dreams of being a su-per heroine herself. Her biggest whish is to shoot a film with herself in the starring role. In her fantasy, the young girl for-gets that she’s terminally ill. Eventually, Jo’s sister can’t bear any longer to watch the lively girl waste what precious time she has left just lying in bed. She encourages Jo to believe in her magic powers and subsequently gets the entire village to help make Jo’s dream come alive. And they all take part. This moving story by young Kenyan filmmaker Likarion Wainaina was conceived as part of a project by German-Nigerian pro-duction collective One Fine Day Films, established by director Tom Tykwer. The filmmaker tells of the power of imagination and of an unusual way to say goodbye. (trigon-film)