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THE WALL STREET BOY, KIPKEMBOI (Kenya)

November 16 @ 10:00 am to approx. 12:30 pm

 

Kipkemboi, a math genius from childhood, must pass up a MIT scholarship and provide for his family when his father dies.  As he struggles with his dreams slipping away, Kipkemboi’s girlfriend, Chepchirchir, gives him a used book from the local market that changes his life; “Quants: How Mathematicians took over Wall Street.”  Inspired, he develops an algorithm to play the stock market.  Drawing from his life on the farm, watching the wind, water and weather affect the birds and livestock,  Kip has an insight into predicting patterns in the stock market.

Trading from a cobbled-together computer, powered by a car battery and broadcasting from a mud hut, his algorithm turns out to be an astronomical success generating millions of dollars

Genre:  Drama
Running Time: 113 min
Country:  Kenya, Canada
Language:  EnglishDirector:  Charles Uwagbai
Premiere:  Palm Springs
Writer:  Joel Richardson
Producer:  Jennifer Jonas
Composer:  Amin Bhatia
Cinematographer:  Rudolf Blahacek
Principal Cast:  Elsie Abang, Thamela Mpumlwana
Distributor:  ArtMattan Productions
Trailer:  https://youtu.be/mRuHL6VyRlk?t=3

 

Details

Date:
November 16
Time:
10:00 am to approx. 12:30 pm
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Website:
www.DesertFilmSociety.org

Venue

Historic Camelot Theatre @ the Palm Springs Cultural Center
2300 E Baristo Road
Palm Springs, CA 92262 United States

Organizer

Desert Film Society
Email
info@desertfilmsociety.com
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