Something Necessary is a film about a pivotal period in the life of Anne, a woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya following the 2007 elections, claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her isolated farm in ruins. Joseph, a troubled young gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption. Both he and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on, but will either of them find it?

Crew

Directed by: Judy Kibinge
Screenplay by: Mungai Kiroga J. C. Niala
Produced by: Roshanak Khodabakhsh Sarika Hemi Lakhani Tom Tykwer Ginger Wilson
Edited by: Christian Kramer Justin Wachira
Music by: Matthias Petsche
Starring: Susan Wanjiru Q’damah Kipchumba

Cast

Susan Wanjiru	as	Anne
Kipng'eno Kirui Duncan	as	Chepsoi
Hilda Jepkoech	as	Chebet
Carolyne Chebiwott Kibet	as	Jerono
Anne Kimani	as	Gathoni
Walter Kipchumba Lagat	as	Joseph
Chomba Njeru	as	Karogo
Benjamin Nyagaka	as	Kitur
David Kiprotich Mutai	as	Lesit