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Radical and radiant life of Boniface Mwangi on film

Softie film Based on Boniface Mwangi's life set to premiere Inbox. [Picture Courtesy]

On the cover of his 2017 memoir, Unbounded, Boniface Mwangi, the consummate photographer activist-turned-politician, adorns a shirt fashioned out of the national flag, a distant, contemplative look in his eye.

Those two vistas — defiance and national pride — are at the heart of one of the most important films to emerge from this country, and which opens in theatres nationwide this Friday, with a premiere at Prestige Theatre in Nairobi.

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