Netflix might be the world’s largest streaming giant, but here in Africa, Showmax is the king of SVOD, boasting of a plethora of locally made content from the very political films of filmmakers like Ousmane Sembène to the maudlin dramas of Nollywood. Its catalogue includes local language films in Afrikaans, isiZulu, Kiswahili, Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho,…
Rafiki stays winning. The critically acclaimed Kenyan film has been nominated for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards that holds in the United States of America. It scored a nomination in the Outstanding Film – Limited Release category. Even though the film has seen its share of setbacks since its release, it has managed to…
Film enthusiasts in Kenya can now see the highly anticipated LGBT themed film, Rafiki as the High Court has lifted the ban temporarily so as to enable the film be submitted for consideration at the 2019 Academy Awards. Directed by Wanuri Kahiu, Rafiki was banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board because it went against the…
Earlier we reported that Wanuri Kahiu’s feature film ‘Rafiki’ will be the first Kenyan feature to Screen at the Cannes Film Festival. Now, IndieWire has released the first exclusive trailer of the film. Watch below. ‘Rafiki’ is a queer love story set in Kenya, and was inspired by the 2007 Caine Prize winner, ‘Jambula Tree’ by…
Wanuri Kahiu’s feature film ‘Rafiki’ will be the first Kenyan feature to Screen at Cannes Film Festival. It is a love story about Kena and Ziki who live in a housing estate in Nairobi. The girls are unlikely friends and their fathers are rivaling politicians. When they fall in love and the community find out,…
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