THE SHADOW SCHOLARS
by Eloise King
synopsis
Oxford Professor Patricia Kingori travels to Kenya, where she uncovers the murky, multi-billion global underworld of essay-writing. Thousands of young and highly educated Kenyans – overqualified and chronically underemployed – have found lucrative work writing essays for students around the globe who are able and willing to pay for them. It’s a complex portrait of an issue that undermines the foundations of a pillar of humanity: education.
international title: | The Shadow Scholars |
original title: | The Shadow Scholars |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Dogwoof |
year: | 2024 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Eloise King |
film run: | 97' |
producer: | Eloise King, Riel Roch-Decter |
executive producer: | Patricia Kingori |
production: | White Teeth Films, Lammas Park |