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Hot Sun Foundation is a non-profit organization that works in Nairobi, Kenya with young people from urban slums and other marginalized communities of East Africa to train and expose their talents and potential on the world stage. Hot Sun Foundation trains youth in all aspects of filmmaking, from scriptwriting, camera, sound, pre production ...
The cinema of Kenya refers to the film industry of Kenya. Although a very small industry by western comparison, Kenya has produced or been a location for film since the early 1950s when Men Against the Sun was filmed in 1952. Although, in the United States, jungle epics that were set in the country were shot in Hollywood as early as the 1940s.
The First Grader is a 2011 biographical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick.It stars Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, and Tony Kgoroge.The film is inspired by the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan government's announcement of free universal primary education in 2003 by the late Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the third ...
Ruth Maingi, a Kenyan actress, was born on May 22, 1983, in Machakos, Kenya, as the fourth child in a family of six siblings. [2] She received her primary education at Township Muslim Primary School in Machakos and later attended Kathiani High School for her secondary education.
The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. [4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Kenya for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony.
English. Swahili. Budget. $15,000. Stories of Our Lives is a Kenyan film, released in 2014. Created by the members of The Nest Collective, a Nairobi -based arts collective, the film is an anthology of five short films dramatizing true stories of LGBT life in Kenya. [1]
Nathan Collett. Nathan Collett. Nathan Collett (with camera) shooting feature film Togetherness Supreme in collaboration with Kibera youth trainees in Kenya. Occupation. film director. Years active. 2000s–present. Nathan Collett is a filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Wanuri Kahiu. Wanuri Kahiu (born 21 June 1980) is a Kenyan film director, producer, and author. She is considered to be “one of Africa's most aspiring directors, being part of a new, vibrant crop of talents representing contemporary African culture”. [1] She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed ...