Kum: Soul of the Shadow
Kum: Soul of the Shadow
2021, English. Directed by Zina Saro-Wiwa.
In the deeply meditative, 40-minute video triptych Kum: Soul of the Shadow (2021), we are confronted with a magnificent ancient Banyan tree that occupies a central place in an Ogoni village, around which the community gathers to make important decisions. The tree is named “Kum” by the people that live around it. Interacting with the tree is The Invisible Boy, a figure that appears in the works of Saro-Wiwa and represents a messenger between worldly dimensions. The work is a vision of the relationship between man and tree from an interdimensional spiritual lens. A place where the susurrations of the leaves and the singing of the birds take on a new meaning and where the human breath speaks and converses with the being of the tree. Together they suggest a winged angelic force and the revelation of a psycho-spiritual ecological system, forever at work, hidden in plain sight.
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- 0h 40m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 1 January 2021
- Country
- Nigeria
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Kum: Soul of the Shadow runs 40 minutes (0h 40m).
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Kum: Soul of the Shadow isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2021. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Kum: Soul of the Shadow?
If you liked Kum: Soul of the Shadow, try To Kill a Tiger, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, My Mom Jayne.
Who directed Kum: Soul of the Shadow?
Kum: Soul of the Shadow (2021) was directed by Zina Saro-Wiwa.