{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = From a Whisper | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Wanuri Kahiu | producer = Kuxi Ghai | writer = Wanuri Kahiu | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Ken Ambani|Abubakar Mwenda|Godfrey Odhiambo|Corine Onyango}} | music = Eric Wainaina | screenplay = Wanuri Kahiu<ref name=fcat>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcat.es/FCAT/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=405&Itemid=37|title=African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)|access-date=8 March 2012|archive-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708162948/http://www.fcat.es/FCAT/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=405&Itemid=37|url-status=dead}}</ref> | cinematography = Marius van Graan | editing = Christopher King | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|09|12|Kenya}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nairobinow.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/new-kenyan-movie-from-a-whisper-screening-now-20th-century/|title=Release Date, From a Whisper|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> | runtime = 79 minutes | country = Kenya | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''From a Whisper''''' is a Kenyan drama film written and directed by Africa Movie Academy Award winner Wanuri Kahiu. The film received 12 nominations and won 5 awards at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009, including ''Best Picture'', ''Best Original Soundtrack'', ''Best Director'', ''Best Original Screenplay'' and ''AMAA Achievement in Editing''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2009|title=AMAA 2009: List of Winners and Nominees|accessdate=17 October 2010|publisher=Africa Movie Academy Awards|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405090903/http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominees-and-winners-2009|archivedate=5 April 2011}}</ref> The film also won the ''Best Feature Narrative'' award at the 2010 Pan African Film & Arts Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paff.org/film-festival/filmmaker-awards/|title=Filmmaker Awards|publisher=Pan African Film Festival|accessdate=15 July 2010|location=Los Angeles, USA|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722053715/http://www.paff.org/film-festival/filmmaker-awards/|archivedate=22 July 2010}}</ref> and was honored with the 2010 BAFTA/LA ''Festival Choice Prize''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baftala.org/news/index.php?section=Archive|title=BAFTA/LA partners with Pan African Film and Arts Festival|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|accessdate=15 July 2010|location=Los Angeles, USA}}</ref> Although the film commemorates the 10th anniversary of the 7 August terrorist bombing in Kenya in 1998, it is not about the terrorist bombing. The movie portrays a realistic story of the aftermath of the bombing by capturing the lives of the victims and their families who had to pick up the pieces of their lives shredded by the blast.<ref name=site1>{{cite web|url=https://fromawhisper.com/|title=Official Website|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africanloft.com/kenyas-from-a-whisper-wins-big-at-2009-african-movie-awards/|title=From a Whisper: Brief Review|accessdate=2009-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909033335/http://www.africanloft.com/kenyas-from-a-whisper-wins-big-at-2009-african-movie-awards/|archive-date=9 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Synopsis == ''From a Whisper'' is based on the real events surrounding the 7 August bomb attacks on the US Embassy in Nairobi in 1998. Abu is an intelligence officer who keeps to himself. When he meets Tamani, a young, rebellious artist in search of her mother, he decides to help. The discovery of her death churns up memories of Fareed, Abu's best friend who also lost his life in the attack. The discovery forces them to learn how to forgive, to believe in themselves, and confront what they fear the most – the truth.<ref name=fcat/>
==Cast == *Ken Ambani as Abu *Abubakar Mwenda as Fareed *Godfrey Odhiambo as Tamani's Father *Corine Onyango as Tamani *Samara Migwi *Tariqa Ismail *Nagib Khan *Musa Mohamed *Lydia Gitachu
== Awards == * Festival Internacional de Zanzíbar 2009 * Festival Internacional de Kenya 2009 * Africa Movie Academy Awards 2010<ref name=fcat/> * 1st Kalasha International Film & TV awards
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|1517185}} {{Wanuri Kahiu}}{{Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Editing}} {{Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Screenplay}} {{Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Soundtrack}} {{Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Film}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:From A Whisper}} Category:Best Film Africa Movie Academy Award winners Category:2008 drama films Category:2008 films Category:Best Soundtrack Africa Movie Academy Award winners Category:Best Screenplay Africa Movie Academy Award winners Category:Best Editing Africa Movie Academy Award winners Category:Kenyan drama films Category:English-language Kenyan films Category:2008 English-language films Category:2008 directorial debut films Category:Films directed by Wanuri Kahiu Category:English-language drama films Category:Kalasha Awards winners