The film by Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko, which bowed in Toronto, weighs the benefits and the perils of UBI through an up-close portrait of a Kenyan Village chosen for the program.
Lauren DeFilippo, Sam SokoMichael Faye, a founder of GiveDirectly who appears in the doc, doesn’t like the word “experiment,” but Soko and DeFilippo see no better description. Neither does journalist Larry Madowo . Having grown up in a village not far from Kogutu, Madowo maintains a clear-eyed skepticism toward solutions proposed by outsiders.
Anyone in the village who’s 18 or older and a permanent resident will receive the money via smartphone transfers . A local priest assures parishioners that it’s not a sin to receive funds from abroad — indeed, that it’s God-sent. If you’re following the money, the truth is somewhat more prosaic: It comes from Google, which responded enthusiastically to GiveDirectly’s pitch.
DeFilippo and Soko zero in on two young villagers whose experience with UBI is charged with optimism but not immune to crushing disappointment. Eighteen-year-old John Omondi Ogunde, about to start university in Nairobi when he enrolls in the GiveDirectly program, has career plans and seemingly endless enthusiasm. Jael Rael Achieng Songa, 16, envisions a life for herself beyond Kogutu and is especially eager for an education, something she wouldn’t be able to afford without financial help.
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