Wanuri Kahiu is a filmmaker who directed the sci-fi movie Pumzi, set in a not-too-distant future where water (and hope) is scarce. In 2018, she released Rafiki, a love story between two teen girls set in Nairobi. The film was banned in Kenya but the ban was later reversed.
Wanuri Kahiu
Nairobi, Kenya
Films
Rafiki
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(2018)
"Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives," but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Pumzi
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(2009)
A sci-fi film about Africa in the future, 35 years after World War III, the water war.