I Want to Be a Pilot

Deep in the slums of East Africa a twelve year old has only one dream.

5.4

|2006|10 min

Omondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Everyday he sees airplanes fly over him. He dreams of becoming an airline pilot and flying far away.

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