The Legend of Ngong Hills

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The Legend of Ngong Hills
Directed byKwame Nyong'o
Screenplay byAlan Barillaro
Produced by
  • Kwame Nyong'o
  • Wallace Murungi
  • Alnavaz Amlani
Starring
  • Derek Assetto
  • Doreen Kemunto
  • Steve Muturi
  • Joseph Waruinge
Music byJim Pywell
Production
company
Apes in Space
Release date
  • October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01) (TTFF)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryKenya
LanguageEnglish

The Legend of Ngong Hills is a 2011 Kenyan animated short film directed by Kwame Nyong'o, based on a Maasai folktale. The film showed at the 2011 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival,[1] and it won the Best Animation award at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[2][3]

Plot[edit]

The story is about Ogre, who has a habit of attacking the Maasai Village, but then falls in love with the beautiful young maiden Sanayian.

Cast[edit]

  • Derek Assetto as Ogre
  • Doreen Kemunto as Sanaiyan
  • Steve Muturi as Mzee
  • Joseph Waruinge as Maasai Warrior

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Legend Of Ngong Hills". 19 July 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Kenyans The Legend on Ngong Hills wins AMAA". animationsa.org. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival: The Legend on Ngong Hills". ttfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

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