Baxu and the Giants

Short / Drama / Family
Namibia, 2019, 29 min

Directed by:

Florian Schott

Screenplay:

Florian Schott

Plots(1)

Baxu, a 9-year-old girl, lives a peaceful life with her older brother Khata and alcoholic grandmother in rural Namibia, until strange men show up and cause change in the village. First the neighbor starts acting suspicious, then Baxu notices changes in her own household. Keen on finding out what Khata is hiding from her, Baxu investigates and learns that her brother has started poaching, in order to improve his family's living conditions. Baxu is forced to make a tough decision - Will she stay quiet or will she listen to the rhinos, the giants of the Savannah, who she talks to in her dreams and risk losing the people she loves? (Pan African Film Festival)

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