User talk:Bill Hoods

On December 15, 2014 Bill Hoods directed ‘Road Death Trap’ in Voi Town, a feature film based on road safety.

With the blessings of the City Fathers and, of the local Police, the filming crew blocked traffic along the usually busy Highway that cuts through Voi Town Centre past the Bus Park and Supaa Hotel towards the famous Kariokor and Caltex Junction.

In a 4-hour continuous operation that brought Voi’s Central Business District to a near stand-still, hundreds of curious on-lookers and visibly shaken passers-by caught up by the stage-managed “accident” set up witnessed the young Director’s movie-making skills that were honed at Digital Opportunity Trust, Nairobi and at Hot Sun Film School also in Nairobi.

The film, soon destined for home tele screens, was produced by Africa Media and Film Development associated with Pastor Chris Obialor of Home Alive Church, Voi in conjunction with the Road Safety Network and the Traffic Police Department. It tells the story of a man who wakes up and leaves his home for work driving but, along the way, answers many telephone calls without due care and a proper look-out for the dangers lurking on the road ahead, resulting in the unfortunate motor “accident”.

Born Bill Otieno Ooro, the young film maker grew up in Voi City. He attended Mwanyambo Primary School and Tsavo Academy alternately followed by stints in Taru High School and St. Bartholomew Boys School, Voi from where he proceeded to the Nairobi Film Schools, majoring in Television direction.

Previously, Bill Hoods had produced ‘The Exhibitors’-a 1 hour-25-minutes feature film, popularly known to Face bookers as ‘Made in Mombasa’ The former, based on the drug abuse menace, carries a message of hope and encouragement to drug addicts.

In early January 2015, Bill Hoods managed photographically to arrest the attention of renowned Rumba Artiste Freshly Mwamburi of the “Stella Wangu Fame” in an oral interview conducted at a Voi Town location, in conjunction with Malaika Festival Founder Duncan Mwanyumba. The 2015 Festival was later held at Galaxy Resort Voi, preceded by a Football Tournament dubbed “Malaika Football Tournament”.

Bill Hoods accompanied Miss Mary Ndunda in a Mr and Miss Malaika pair during the Mwazindika-filled Malaika Festival 2015, attended by several local dignitaries and other pageants. In his free time, Bill Hoods doubles up as an actor and modeler.

Asked about his future plans on the sidelines of the annual cultural Festival that celebrates the Fadhili William of ‘Malaika’ song fame, Bill Hoods, aged 23, states that his ambition is “to win  Kenya’s premier Kalasha Awards, Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards and, ultimately,  the US Academy Awards (Oscars)

