Africa: Rafiki Unbanned On Appeal - Why It's an Important Moment for African Film: [The Conversation Africa] The film Rafiki is a charming love story that plays out in urban Kenya. It follows two teenage girls whose close friendship slowly turns into first love. Directed by rising filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, it was celebrated as groundbreaking by critics and at festivals when it was released in 2018. But back home in… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQfD2p #Rafiki #LGBTQ #AfricanCinema #WanuriKahiu #LoveStory
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I thought of the Global North debut of Wanuri Kahiu with Pumzi, her science fiction short.

"Water should be free!"

She opened up about the material realities of funding + distributing African films.
+importance of recentering Black, African-descended folks in African stories.

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