BLANDA
Blanda is a realistic look set-in modern-day Nairobi slums trying to reform and
reshape the thinking of the upcoming teenage generation not to succumb to peer
pressure of joining crime to lead a cool life now commonly termed as kuomoka.
Blanda is a sheng word that means mistake and the story features and highlights
some of the major mistakes the youth and the police make trying to seek solutions to
a successful life. The mistakes parents make in their upbringing and parenting,
responsibilities they should focus on to raise a better generation.
Blanda as a story features true events; it follows the rise and fall of mbogi Jombe an
organized crime group run by Slim. their escapades and dealings with the police that
lead to their extinction. Showing them that the drill never changes, crime will always
lead to early grave and success stories always have long stories behind them and
short cuts are not a way to go.
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DICKSON OMONDIDirector
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ISAAC MBURUDirector
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JACKTONE ALUFWANIWriter
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AKIN PEPPINWriter
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AKIN PEPPINProducer
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DICKSON OMONDIProducer
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BONIFACE VANJAKey Cast"MUTUA"
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THOMAS MUTUAKey Cast"SLIM"
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FAITH MUMBIKey Cast"CARO"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:31 minutes 37 seconds
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Completion Date:December 19, 2020
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Production Budget:980 USD
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Country of Origin:Kenya
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Country of Filming:Kenya
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Language:English, Swahili
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Shooting Format:digital
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
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1st screeningNairobi
Kenya
December 19, 2020
pangani thatre premier -
2ndscreeningNairobi
Kenya
March 6, 2021
Anga imax Diamond Plaza
Dickson Omondi, popularly known as Misyle, is a 28 year old award winning actor, writer, director and a production assistant from Nairobi Kenya. His passion in filmmaking and theatre goes a long way to high school. Having the latter as an on ground student as a shadow to great film maestros in the country.
if we only tell our stories in the real way they happen, we will effect change.