- Welcome to POV .
I'm Pete Schwaba, host of PBS Wisconsin's Director's Cut .
Tonight, your screen takes you to Kenya
where we meet a legendary activist
turned political candidate in the film Softie .
It's an age-old story.
An honest idealist tries to take on a corrupt system.
Boniface 'Softie' Mwangi has spent
much of his life fighting injustice.
Softie looks at his transformation
from activist to politician
as he encounters one challenge after another,
and learns that running for local office
and defeating corrupt incumbents
will take more than a positive mental attitude.
It's especially difficult
when he and his family receive death threats,
which puts to the test one of his core beliefs
of country over family.
This is Nairobi-based director Sam Soko's
first feature-length effort.
Soko's goal as a director is to tell socio-political stories
that try to communicate beyond their intended audiences.
Softie has certainly done that.
The director credits what he calls collaborative editing
for helping to find harmony
for the narrative that he believes spoke
to the universal themes of love and sacrifice.
So it shouldn't come as a surprise that the film
took home the Best Editing Award at Sundance.
Now sit back and watch one charismatic Kenyan
set out to change the world.
Don't let the nickname fool you.
Softie starts now on PBS Wisconsin,
your home for independent film.