Free Money
When universal basic income (UBI) comes to Kogutu (Kenya), lives are forever changed. A nonprofits organization sends free money for twelve years as part of the world’s largest UBI experiment. A juxtaposition of the story of these convinced that they have found a solution to end world poverty, with portraits of villagers whose lives are being impacted for better and for worse.
LBX Africa
Réalisé par
Lauren DEFILIPPO
Lauren DeFilippo is a director, producer and partner at Insignia Films, where she most recently produced AILEY (Sundance 2021). The acclaimed feature documentary was released in theaters nationwide by NEON, broadcast on PBS and is currently streaming on Hulu. Lauren’s directorial debut RED HEAVEN (SXSW 2020) was recently released by Utopia Films and is now available on Apple TV. Listed on Award Radar's "Top Ten Documentaries of 2020," Criterion Cast called it "a truly one of a kind film."
Her short documentaries, most notably CLEAN HANDS, have been featured at festivals internationally, including Slamdance, TIFF and Hot Docs and have appeared on The New York Times Op-Docs series. Lauren's work has been supported by Sandbox Films, The Ford Foundation's JustFilms, the Sundance Institute and Gotham Documentary Lab, and in 2021 she was included on DOC NYC and HBO's annual list of "40 Under 40" documentary filmmakers to watch.
Sam SOKO
His first feature-documentary SOFTIE, a story about balancing the deep love of country with the needs of family, premiered at Sundance 2020, winning a special jury prize for editing. His satirical radio play THE NEW BWANA was produced and broadcast by BBC 4.
