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Films
4 Films
Country
“Kenya”
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Series
“0”
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Status
“A”
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films with a digital version
3
films available on demand
1
Region
East Africa
4
Country
Kenya
4
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Keywords
Children / Young people
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Ethnofiction
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Health / Healthcare / Healing
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
2
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Political Activists
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Akin, Dorcas
1
Atieno, Lavine
1
Awino, Effie
1
Geißler, Wenzel
1
Heald, Suzette
1
Longinotto, Kim
1
Ndinya, June
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Prince, Ruth
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Series
not set
4
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Country of production
Kenya
2
United Kingdom
2
Year of production
2001
1
2002
1
2010
1
2018
1
Status
Film list
Adhiambo – Born in the Evening
2001
66
‘
Directed by
Ruth Prince
Wenzel Geißler
Ruth Tuchtenhagen
.
‘Adhiambo’ means ‘the one born in the evening’ in the language of the Luo of western Kenya. The film follows NyaSeme, a married mother and grandmother in her late 30s, during the last month
East Africa
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
Atieno
2018
64
‘
Directed by
June Ndinya
Effie Awino
Ruth Njoki
Lavine Atieno
Dorcas Akin
.
Atieno is a collaborative fiction film scripted, acted and directed by DreamGirls, a group of adolescent girls and young women from Nairobi and Kisumu. The film tells of Atieno, a 16 year old girl
East Africa
Health / Healthcare / Healing
Children / Young people
Gender Role and Identity
Ethnofiction
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Sex / Sexuality
The Day I Will Never Forget
2002
92
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
The documentary explores the local dimensions of the female circumcision debate in Kenyan societies. In a region of Kenya that is home to Muslims, Massai and Somali and crosscut by Christian
East Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Ritual
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Political Activists
Law and War in Rural Kenya
2010
64
‘
Directed by
Suzette Heald
.
In 1998, a new movement swept through Kuria, in south western Kenya with dramatic effect. Cattle raiding fuelled by the increasing presence of guns had led to a situation of total insecurity, with
East Africa
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy