United Kingdom / Oct 17, 2024 / London Film Festival
1h 37min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
When Oxford Professor Patricia Kingori travels to Kenya, she uncovers the murky, multi-billion global underworld of essay-writing. Thousands of young and highly educated Kenyans – overqualified and chronically underemployed – have found lucrative work writing essays for students around the globe who are able and willing to pay for them. It’s a complex portrait of an issue that undermines the foundations of a pillar of humanity: education.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Shadow Scholars |
| Original language | EN |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | BFI, Film4 Productions, Lammas Park, White Teeth Films, Field of Vision, Doc Society |
| Release date | 17 ottobre 2024 |
| Executive producer | Steve McQueen |
| Production | Eloise King, Anna Smith Tenser, Bona Orakwue, Tabs Breese |
| Editing | Julian Quantrill, Cinzia Baldesarri, Maya Daisy Hawke |
| Assistant directors | Eloise King |
Release dates
Premiere
South Africa / Mar 14, 2025 / Joburg Film Festival
Australia / Jun 13, 2025 / Sydney Film Festival
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