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Light of Ndalani

Davidebimo

Prompt

title:%20Light%20of%20Ndalani%0AFADE%20IN%3A%0AEXT.%20NDALANI%20VILLAGE%20%E2%80%93%20NIGHT%0AA%20small%20rural%20village%20lies%20in%20complete%20darkness.%20Only%20the%20moon%20faintly%20outlines%20mud%20houses.%20Children%20walk%20carefully,%20bumping%20into%20things.%20An%20elderly%20woman%20struggles%20to%20light%20a%20kerosene%20lamp%20that%20flickers%20weakly.%0ANARRATOR%20(V.O.)%0AFor%20generations,%20the%20people%20of%20Ndalani%20slept%20in%20darkness,%20worked%20in%20darkness,%20dreamed%20in%20darkness.%0AINT.%20KITO'S%20HUT%20%E2%80%93%20NIGHT%0AKITO%20(early%2020s),%20a%20curious%20young%20man,%20sits%20at%20a%20wooden%20table%20surrounded%20by%20scraps%20of%20metal,%20wires,%20and%20old%20electronics%20he%20has%20collected.%20He%20strikes%20a%20match%20and%20reads%20from%20an%20old%20science%20book.%0AKITO%20(murmuring%20to%20himself)%0AIf%20the%20sun%20can%20warm%20the%20whole%20earth%E2%80%A6%20why%20can%E2%80%99t%20it%20light%20our%20homes?%0AHe%20sketches%20a%20design:%20a%20simple%20solar%20panel%20and%20battery%20system.%0AEXT.%20NDALANI%20VILLAGE%20%E2%80%93%20DAY%0AKito%20climbs%20onto%20the%20roof%20of%20his%20hut.%20Villagers%20gather,%20puzzled.%0AVILLAGER%201%0AKito,%20what%20trouble%20are%20you%20making%20again?%0AKITO%20(smiling)%0ANot%20trouble.%20Maybe%E2%80%A6%20light.%0AHe%20positions%20a%20small%20solar%20panel%20he%20built%20from%20recycled%20pieces.%0AINT.%20KITO%E2%80%99S%20HUT%20%E2%80%93%20NIGHT%0AKito%20connects%20wires%20nervously.%20The%20room%20remains%20dark.%20His%20hands%20tremble.%0AKITO%0ACome%20on%E2%80%A6%20just%20a%20little%20power...%0ASuddenly%E2%80%94CLICK.%0AA%20small%20bulb%20glows.%0AKITO%20(whispers)%0AIt%20works.%0AHis%20eyes%20shine%20brighter%20than%20the%20bulb.%0AEXT.%20VILLAGE%20CENTER%20%E2%80%93%20NIGHT%0AKito%20demonstrates%20his%20invention%20to%20the%20villagers.%20He%20flips%20a%20switch,%20and%20a%20string%20of%20bulbs%20lights%20up%20the%20square.%0AGASPS%20fill%20the%20air.%0AChildren%20dance%20in%20the%20new%20light.%20Elders%20stare%20in%20disbelief.%0AELDER%20MUSA%0AKito%E2%80%A6%20you%20have%20brought%20us%20a%20new%20dawn.%0AMONTAGE%20%E2%80%93%20DAYS%20PASSING%0A%E2%80%94%20Kito%20teaches%20villagers%20how%20solar%20energy%20works.%0A%E2%80%94%20New%20panels%20appear%20on%20rooftops.%0A%E2%80%94%20Women%20cook%20easily%20under%20bright%20lights.%0A%E2%80%94%20Children%20study%20at%20night%20without%20straining%20their%20eyes.%0A%E2%80%94%20The%20village%20glows%20like%20a%20cluster%20of%20stars.%0AEXT.%20NDALANI%20VILLAGE%20%E2%80%93%20SUNSET%0AThe%20village%20now%20gleams%20with%20warm,%20sustainable%20light.%20Kito%20stands%20proudly,%20watching%20children%20run%20beneath%20street%20lamps%20he%20built.%0ANARRATOR%20(V.O.)%0AFrom%20the%20strength%20of%20one%20mind%20and%20the%20power%20of%20the%20sun,%20Ndalani%20found%20its%20light.%0AVILLAGERS%20(chanting%20joyfully)%0AThank%20you,%20Kito!%20Thank%20you!%0AKito%20smiles%20humbly.%0AKITO%0ANo%E2%80%A6%20thank%20the%20sun.%20It%20was%20always%20there.%20We%20just%20needed%20to%20listen.%0AFADE%20OUT.%0ATHE%20END

Style

Grunge

art, cultural or historical

Characters

Hiro

Monique

Isaiah

Kwame