The Shadow Scholars

The Shadow Scholars2024


When Oxford Professor Patricia Kingori travels to Kenya, she uncovers the murky, multi-billion global underworld of essay-writing. Thousands of young and highly educated Kenyans – overqualified and chronically underemployed – have found lucrative work writing essays for students around the globe who are able and willing to pay for them. It’s a complex portrait of an issue that undermines the foundations of a pillar of humanity: education.

Released
14. 6. 2026
Runtime
97 min
Genres
Documentary
Certification
NO
Country, language
GB · EN
Community rating
8.0 · 2 votes