Kenyan film based on Garissa Bus attack, Watu Wote, gets an Oscars nomination
A Kenyan film, based on the Mandera bus attack, has been nominated for best live action short film at the 90th Oscar awards. The announcement was made on Tuesday just hours before the Nairobi premier of Watu Wote, a film by three German students, which has been nominated for the prestigious awards slated for march 4. The film, depicting the solidarity displayed by Muslims and Christians riding on a bus, has already won awards at more than 40 prestigious film festivals around the world.The Muslims shielded the Christians during an attack by al Shabaab militants on the bus in Mandera on December 21, 2015. Lets take a look at a preview of the film that could put Kenya in the top spot. Watu Wote, which was done in Kenya, depicts the power of sister and brotherhood where a Muslim lady risks her life to save a Christian lady and her young daughter from being massacred by the militants. The lady lives to narrate her ordeal.
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