Film: Tough Bond's Difficult Look At Glue Sniffing In Kenya
Watch the trailer for Tough Bond, a new film set in Kenya that takes a difficult look at young people sniffing glue to survive.
<p>Watch the extended trailer for <em>Tough Bond</em>, the heavy new documentary featuring young people from the streets of Nairobi hooked on sniffing glue to survive. The film, made by <a href="http://www.villagebeat.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Village Beat</strong></a> (you may remember them from <strong>The Very Best</strong>'s <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/05/21/oka-exclusive-behind-the-scenes-with-the-very-best/" target="_blank">recent music videos</a>), will premiere at <strong>The Berlin International Film Festival</strong> on February 13. Our dudes The Very Best and <a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2012/02/15/audio-seye-white-noise/" target="_blank"><strong>Seye</strong></a> built the original soundtrack to this difficult, yet beautifully orchestrated peek into an urgent issue. We're anticipating taking a closer look at the feature length.</p><p>H/T to <a href="http://www.thefader.com/2013/02/05/preview-tough-bond-a-documentary-on-street-kids-in-kenya-scored-by-the-very-best-and-seye/" target="_blank">The Fader</a> for pointing out that <strong>Shabazz Palaces</strong> used footage from the film in their 2011 video for "Blast It." Watch "Blast It" and stream "Liar," a track by The Very Best and Seye featured in the score below.</p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F77388717&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%"></iframe></p><p>
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</p><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/18653167">SHABAZZ PALACES- "BLAST IT"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/villagebeat">Village Beat</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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