Judy attributes many of her opportunities as a filmmaker to being based in Nairobi. She says that there has been a history of Kenyan women creating films since the ’80s. It is such a significant phenomenon that people have written their PHD’s on the  subject. Judy’s theory is that in other film markets where films offer more money and prestige “it’s much more male… I think the women get squashed out of stuff.” In Kenya filmmaking is literally a labour […]

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Josephine has always loved storytelling. Since she can remember, she has jotted stories down and shared them with her friends. Now she uses stories to empower women across the country. Working with Independent Television Service ITVS, she runs the #WomenInRed campaign in Kenya, screening powerful stories of “ordinary” women from across the world. The aim is to inspire Kenyans and enable them to identify with the characters they watch. Josephine says “maybe they can’t relate to a towering figure in […]

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Akisa’s mother says that her daughter has a “precarious history with this country”. Though Akisa grew up in New York, during a short stay in Nairobi her family was caught in the coup of 1982. Fast forward to 2008 she traveled to Eldoret to bury her father and they were caught up in a mob. “Someone’s on the roof of the car, on the side, on the bonnet, trying to drag us out of the car…They were trying to bring […]

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