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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

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