The Wall Street Boy
| The Wall Street Boy | |
|---|---|
| Kalenjin | Kipkemboi |
| Directed by | Charles Uwagbai |
| Written by | Joel Richardson |
| Produced by | Jennifer Jonas Leonard Farlinger |
| Starring | Thamela Mpumlwana |
| Cinematography | Rudolf Blahacek |
| Edited by | Jeremiah Munce |
| Music by | Amin Bhatia |
Production companies | New Real Films Zamaradi Productions |
| Distributed by | ArtMattan Productions |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | Kenya Canada |
| Language | English |
The Wall Street Boy (Kalenjin: Kipkemboi) is a Kenyan-Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Charles Uwagbai and released in 2023. The film stars Thamela Mpumlwana as Kipkemboi, a young mathematical genius from rural Kenya who is forced to give up a scholarship to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to stay with his family after his father dies, who then develops a computer algorithm that allows him to play the stock market and enrich his family and community.
The cast also includes Elsie Abang, Vinessa Antoine, Millicent Boella, Kevin Hanchard, David Cubitt, Elijah Morrison and Idrissa Sanogo in supporting roles.
The film premiered at the Africa International Film Festival in November 2023, before going into wider commercial release in 2024.