Soko Sonko
Soko Sonko (The Market King)
Commission by Focus Features
Pre-Production: USA, Kenya
Production: Nairobi, Kenya
Post-Production: USA, Kenya
Synopsis:
When her mother falls sick, Kibibi’s father, Ed, is tasked with taking her to the market to get her hair braided before school begins. Soko Sonko is a hilarious, fish‐out of‐water roller‐coaster of a journey, about a well‐intended dad who braves the fires and goes where no man has gone before…because only women have been there!