Inspired by the classic garage song:‘21 Seconds — So Solid Crew’, KMT translates the mathematical function ‘derivatives of displacement from applied physics into images, words and sounds.

Touching on the themes of traditional narratives, societal expectations, as well as the alienation and assimilation of Isma’ili diaspora (a Shia sect of Islam) at a time of designed misinformation, this expanded cinema project reflects on a complex history of South Asian migration and complicity within the colonial project as ‘an imported middle class’ in East Africa, to ask the question: what can one derive from displacement?