A SMALL ACT
Director Jennifer Arnold
Countries Kenya, Sweden, United States
Duration 88 min
Synopsis
When Hilde Back sponsored a young, impoverished Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but many years later, she does. Chris Mburu has been thinking of Hilde since he was a boy. Chris is now a UN Human Rights Lawyer. He replicates Hilde’s generosity by starting his own scholarship fund, to educate bright kids in his village. But he’s stunned when Kenya’s public schools start failing. Simultaneously, Kenya falls into ethnic-based electoral violence. Chris knows that ignorance fuels ethnic hatred. Education has never been more important. Chris must decide what to do.
When Hilde Back sponsored a young, impoverished Kenyan student, she thought nothing of it. She certainly never expected to hear from him, but many years later, she does. Chris Mburu has been thinking of Hilde since he was a boy. Chris is now a UN Human Rights Lawyer. He replicates Hilde’s generosity by starting his own scholarship fund, to educate bright kids in his village. But he’s stunned when Kenya’s public schools start failing. Simultaneously, Kenya falls into ethnic-based electoral violence. Chris knows that ignorance fuels ethnic hatred. Education has never been more important. Chris must decide what to do.