Name: I Want to Be a Pilot
Genre: Short
Released: 2006-06-29
Duration: 10 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Collins Otieno, Gaudencia Ayuma Schichenga, Kepha Onduru

Not only a poem, not only a documentary, not only a piece of reality.

"My last meal was on Sunday, today is Wednesday" says little Omondi.

This is touching, true and reminds us that those things we take for granted in our First World are not so usual in Africa.

There is another recent documentary in the same key, "Invisibles", produced by Oscar Award-nominated Spanish actor Javier Bardem. Both them invite us to open our eyes to what we, consciously or not, try to ignore. To those invisible people who live beyond our comfortable western countries.

Director Diego Quemada-Díaz has worked with Ken Loach, Alejandro González-Iñarritu, Spike Lee and Fernando Mireilles, all them concerned with social affairs.

The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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Omondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Everyday he sees airplanes fly over him. He dreams of becoming an airline pilot and flying far away.

Collins Otieno in I Want to Be a Pilot (2006)

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