Our nonprofit filmmaking team wrote, produced, filmed and edited this short film about Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) in Kibera, Kenya.
The Story
Shining Hope for Communities – or SHOFCO as most people know it – recently celebrated it’s 20th anniversary. Their team wanted to mark the impact they’ve had on millions of people across Kenya in the past two decades. So, they contracted Show the Good to create a short film about the organization’s history. We traveled to Kenya, with a team of local and international filmmakers to capture their story in motion. Visiting Kibera, Mathare and Mukuru our team met and interviewed staff, volunteers, students and community members – all intertwined in SHOFCO’s history in their own unique way. The result of our collaboration with SHOFCO and their community is a 25 minute documentary called “I See Blue.” Above you can watch a short trailer for the film.
The Process
Our first step was to dig deep. Our storytelling team already knew the outlines of SHOFCO’s story but we needed more. We read founders Kennedy Odede and Jessica Odede Posner’s book Find Me Unafraid, reviewed internal documents, read historical news coverage, listened to podcasts with their founders and staff and interviewed team members about their history and impact.
Eric Laurits and Katherine Potaski were on hand from SHOFCO’s team to guide the production from start to finish.
After our research, the story emerged. We focused on SHOFCO’s ability to engage the community, listen to their needs, integrate community members into problem solving and create lasting programs and infrastructure based on community feedback.
We secured our team. Directed by Show the Good Founder Brit Liggett, the team was rounded out by Tinashe Ziswa of Tall Grass Media, a Zimbabwean cinematographer and filmmaker, Nick Noyes, a long-time collaborator of ours to tackle the edit, Cédric Von Niederhausern for grading, Nico Osborne for sound design and the drone footage was captured by Jonah Muriithi of Nairobi.
Simultaneously, we dove into SHOFCO’s 20-year archive, pulling historical photos and additional footage from Show of Force and Paul Horton.
Filming took place over a week, mostly in informal settlements on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.
Once wrapped, Nick Noyes took the lead on editing.
Our in-house motion designer, Della Hu, created the custom graphics to complete the film.
The Result
I See Blue has been shown at multiple film festivals around the globe. A portion of the film was aired in the closing session of the Clinton Global Initiative’s 2025 Annual Meeting, which also marked that organization’s 20th anniversary. It continues to be shown at gatherings of SHOFCO’s community and partners around the world. Show the Good and SHOFCO are jointly exploring opportunities to build the narrative and use it to introduce more individuals to SHOFCO’s immense impact.