I want to be a pilot
Diego Quemada-Diez / Kenya, Mexico, Spain / 2006 / 11 min / Colour
Omondi is twelve years old. He lives in Kibera, one of the biggest shantytowns in Kenya, at 1800 meters above sea level on the Nairobi upland plain. Like many other children, he has lost his parents: here, AIDS is still among the principal causes of death. Omondi lives alone and spends his days roaming around the dump looking for something to eat, gazing at the sky and the airplanes that pass above him, and dreaming. He dreams of becoming a pilot, of wearing a uniform, and of flying far away where children can have a family, go to school, play barefoot in the grass and not in the mud, amid garbage – where the life of a child is not crushed every day by poverty, injustice, and disease.
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Diego Quemada-Diez
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Language English Subject Diego Quemada-Diez Screenplay Diego Quemada-Diez Cinematography Diego Quemada-Diez Sound Mark Kibara, Jake Ebane, I-Kai Lin, Samuel Lehmer Editing Kim Bica Music Toumani Diabate Producer Diego Quemada-Diez Production company Kinetic eye inc
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