Something Necessary

Something Necessary

85 mins | Drama | March 3, 2013

SOMETHING NECESSARY is an intimate moment in the lives of Anne and Joseph. A woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya after the 2007 elections claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her home on an isolated farm in the Kenyan countryside in ruins, she now has nothing but her resolve to rebuild her life left. A young man, troubled gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption. Both, Joseph and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on.

Something Necessary

85 mins | Drama | March 3, 2013

Something Necessary
SOMETHING NECESSARY is an intimate moment in the lives of Anne and Joseph. A woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya after the 2007 elections claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her home on an isolated farm in the Kenyan countryside in ruins, she now has nothing but her resolve to rebuild her life left. A young man, troubled gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption. Both, Joseph and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on.
Producers
Original title Something Necessary
Directors Judy Kibinge
Writers

Cast

Sue Wanjiru

as Anne (as Susan Wanjiru)

Qdamah Kipchumba

as Joseph (as Walter Kipchumba Lagat)

Anne Kimani

as Gathoni

Benjamin Nyagaka

as Kitur

Chomba Njeru

as Karogo

Hilda Jepkoech

as Chebet