Truck Mama

Truck Mama is a 2025 documentary directed by Zipporah “Zippy” Nyaruri that follows the life of a single mother and truck driver in Kenya.[1] It premiered in competition at the 2025 Red Sea International Film Festival.[2][3]

Development

Through its long development process starting in 2011, the film was supported by a number of labs, film funds and markets including the Durban Film Mart, Docubox, IDFA Forum, Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund and the Red Sea Film Foundation.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Kenyan documentary picked for Red Sea Film Festival". Daily Nation. 7 December 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b Ochieng', Jennifer (2 December 2025). "Kenya’s ‘Truck Mama’, Uganda’s ‘Mad Bounty and the Midnight Gun’ and More East African Proje". Sinema Focus. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  3. ^ Arudo, Otieno (8 December 2025). "Two Kenyan Stories Set for the Red Sea International Film Festival". KenyanVibe. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.