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Inside Story tells the story of Kalu (Kevin Ndege Mamboleo), a rising Kenyan footballer, who moves from rural Kenya to urban Johannesburg to follow his dream and support his family. His path becomes more challenging when he falls in love with the coach’s daughter, Ify (Kendra Etufunwa), and subsequently finds out he is HIV+. Kalu goes through an emotional journey as he comes to terms with his diagnosis, encountering social and financial challenges along the way. Using state-of-the-art animation, Inside Story explores the dynamic inner world of the human body, revealing the unseen world of HIV. Animated sequences showing the HIV virus traveling through the human body at different stages of the infection are interwoven with Kalu’s story. This story of love, football and HIV is now the most watched film in Africa ever.

Kevin Ndege Mamboleo  as Kalu

Kendra Etufunwa as Ify

Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Valentine

Fana Mokoena as Goodwill

Regina-Re as Miriam

Sdumo Mtashli as Spkiri

Seth Sweli Zimu as Jabu 

Directed by Rolie Nikiwe  

Produced by Discovery Learning Alliance (now Impact(Ed) International) & Quizzical Pictures South Africa 

Thank you to our partners: Access Bank, Chevron, Discovery Communications, PEPFAR, SEACOM, and UNAIDS.