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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.
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 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 ...
Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge ( c. 1920 – August 14, 2009) was a Kenyan man who held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to leave primary school, having enrolled on January 12, 2004, aged 84. [1] Although he had no papers to prove his age, Maruge believed he was born in 1920.
Founded. 1959. Participants. 5 million. Patron (s) Kenya Ministry of Education. Organised by. Kenya National Drama Committee. The Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival is a series of student theatre competitions in Kenya, held from January to April each year, advancing through local, county and regional stages to the National Drama Festival.
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]
Website. www.kfcb.go.ke. The Kenya Film Classification Board (abbreviated as KFCB) is a state corporation that operates under the Government of Kenya whose mandate is to "regulate the creation, broadcasting, possession, distribution and exhibition of films by rating them." [1] The Board was founded in 1963 with the commencement of the laws ...
Nairobi Community Media House. v. t. e. Lola Kenya Screen, or Lola Kenya Children's Screen is an audio-visual media festival [1] and learning-by-doing mentorship for children and youth in eastern Africa. It encompasses film production, film criticism, cultural journalism, media literacy, marketing, and event planning and organisation.