THE BODA BODA THIEVES
by Yes! That’s Us
synopsis
Life in Kampala today could be pretty OK for Abel, if he weren’t a young man without prospects, with a father who drives a boda boda and keeps urging him to make start making a living for himself. Boda bodas (from “border-to-border”) are motorcycle taxis sometimes also used to carry goods. Abel is a young drifter whose existence is put to the test when an accident stops his father from being able to drive. All of a sudden, he gains full access to this freedom-representing vehicle.
international title: | The Boda Boda Thieves |
original title: | Abaabi ba boda boda |
country: | Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Germany |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Yes! That’s Us |
film run: | 85' |
screenplay: | Donald Mugisha, James Tayler, Wanjiku S. Muhoho |
cinematography by: | Carol Burandt von kameke |
film editing: | James Tayler |
art director: | Donald Mugisha |
costumes designer: | Shakira Kibirige |
music: | Peter Miles, Graeme Lees |
producer: | James Tayler, Donald Mugisha, Maximilian Leo, Jonas Katzenstein, Nathan Collett, Wanjiku S. Muhoho, Jeremy Bean |
production: | Augenschein Filmproduktion, Switch Films, Deddac, Hot Sun Films |