The Legend of Ngong Hills explained

The Legend of Ngong Hills
Director:	Kwame Nyong'o
Producer:	Kwame Nyong'o Wallace Murungi Alnavaz Amlani
Screenplay:	Alan Barillaro
Starring:	Derek Assetto Doreen Kemunto Steve Muturi Joseph Waruinge
Music:	Jim Pywell
Studio:	Apes in Space
Runtime:	10 minutes
Country:	Kenya
Language:	English

The Legend of Ngong Hills is a 2011 Kenyan animated short film directed by Kwame Nyong'o, based on a Maasai folktale. The film showed at the 2011 Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival,^[1] and it won the Best Animation award at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

The story is about Ogre, who has a habit of attacking the Maasai Village, but then falls in love with the beautiful young maiden Sanayian.

Cast

• Derek Assetto as Ogre
• Doreen Kemunto as Sanaiyan
• Steve Muturi as Mzee
• Joseph Waruinge as Maasai Warrior

External links

• • The Legend of Ngong Hills at the Kenya Film Commission

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Legend Of Ngong Hills. 19 July 2020. 10 June 2020.
2. Web site: Kenyans The Legend on Ngong Hills wins AMAA . animationsa.org . 31 July 2014.
3. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival: The Legend on Ngong Hills . ttfilmfestival.com . 31 July 2014.