Overview
Region
East Africa
Kenya
Era
Contemporary
Language
English and Kiswahili
Genre
Film
About This Work
A Kenyan speculative short film set after ecological catastrophe, following a curator who discovers a seed and imagines life beyond a sealed authoritarian society.
Literary Significance
A landmark work of continental African science fiction and ecofuturism.
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Research queued
Wisdom stores catalog context for Pumzi as a priority continental African speculative film record.
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Research note
research-notenot primary textPumzi should surface for Africanfuturism, climate futures, water scarcity, environmental authoritarianism, archives, seeds, and Kenyan speculative cinema.
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