Boniface Mwangi's answer really touched me when I moderated an International Documentary Association's panel with the filmmakers and subjects of Softiethefilm. Softie is one of a few African directed and produced documentaries in contention for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and I am honored to cheer them on! Softie is available to view in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, US, UK and Canada. Find out how you can watch at SoftieTheFilm.com/Watch. | Lupita Nyong'o

As our own Election Day nears, take a moment to see SOFTIE, Sam Soko's Sundance Festival award-winner, which follows the scrappy, fearless campaign of Boniface Mwangi — and his scene-stealing family — as he runs for office in Kenya. Now showing in our Virtual Cinema bit.ly/2Ee52Ht Softiethefilm is an Icarus Films release. | Museum of the Moving Image