It’s the biggest news this week in black popular culture: Viola Davis will help to adapt the first of Octavia Butler’s Afrofuturist patternist books Wild Seed for Amazon, a television series that has on board Nnedi Okorafor to write the script and Wanuri Kahiu to direct. This is a strong, beautiful line up of creative minds... Read More

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March 18, 2019

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We are excited that Wanuri Kahiu is set to direct ‘The Thing About Jellyfish’ for Universal

If you don’t know who Wanuri Kahiu is, shame on you. That said, she’s the Kenyan director whose lesbian love story Rafiki made history as the first Kenyan film to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival last year. The movie has thrust Kahiu into mainstream Hollywood that she’s been getting gigs, first with Covers,... Read More

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February 6, 2019

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#IFFR2019: Wanuri Kahiu’s Rafiki is vivid and technically accomplished

Editor’s Note: Our in-house critic, Wilfred Okiche, was invited to the International Film Festival Rotterdam and is sending dispatches from the front lines of global film, enjoy. In Wanuri Kahiu’s sophomore film, the tender romance drama, Rafiki, the idea of two adolescents navigating the same sex attraction brewing between them is almost a normal occurrence.... Read More

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November 20, 2018

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Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu to direct ‘Covers,’ a romance movie set in Los Angeles’ music scene

2018 has been a year of milestones for Kenyan filmmaker, writer and director Wanuri Kahiu. Her lesbian film Rafiki was Kenya’s first film to screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which was banned in her native country. For the movie to be eligible for the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film next year, Kahiu sued... Read More

Love wins! The High Court in Kenya has lifted the ban on lesbian movie ‘Rafiki’

In a lovely turn of events, the High Court in Kenya has lifted the ban imposed on Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian film Rafiki, by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB). Now, the movie will be eligible to be submitted for the 2019 Oscars in the category for Best Foreign Language. Last week, the Kenyan director sued... Read More

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Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu

September 12, 2018

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Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu is suing the Kenyan government and it’s all about the Oscars

Remember Wanuri Kahiu? How can you not!? The director whose lesbian film Rafiki was historic for being the first Kenyan movie to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and was banned in her native country Kenyan because it centered on love story between two women. It was pressure from a country’s film regulatory body exercising... Read More

The Film Blog

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June 26, 2018

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Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu invited to become member of Oscars Academy

It’s been a tumultuous 2018 for Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu, from making history at this year’s Cannes with her lesbian film Rafiki and the banning of the film in her country to signing a mega deal with The Gotham Group. It’s been a bittersweet streak in her career, and she’s been more in the spotlight... Read More

Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu has signed a mega deal with The Gotham Group and we are excited

Not to sound clichéd but as they say: when one door closes, another opens! So is the case with award-winning writer and director Wanuri Kahiu, whose queer film Rafiki was banned in Kenya after the filmmaker refused to alter the film’s portrayal of a lesbian relationship. Rafiki premiered at this year’s Cannes, and became the... Read More

Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian love story “Rafiki” now has a trailer!

Only recently, the news of Wanuri Kahiu’s debut film Rafiki made history as the first Kenyan feature film to debut at the renowned Cannes Film Festival. The announcement put Kenya on the map. And now, Kahiu has released the trailer for her history-making film! On the film’s website, it’s described as a love story between... Read More

The Film Blog

Cannes, Kenya, Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu

April 18, 2018

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Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian film “Rafiki” becomes Kenya’s first film to debut at Cannes

A feature film directed by award-winning producer and writer Wanuri Kahiu has made history by becoming the first Kenyan film to be invited to premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Wanuri is known for the award-winning 2009 sci-fi short film Pumzi, and she joins six female filmmakers from a lineup of 13 films. Her... Read More

The Film Blog

Rafiki, Wanuri Kahiu

Viola Davis taps Nnedi Okorafor, Wanuri Kahiu to adapt Octavia Butler’s ‘Wild Seed’ for Amazon!

We are excited that Wanuri Kahiu is set to direct ‘The Thing About Jellyfish’ for Universal

#IFFR2019: Wanuri Kahiu’s Rafiki is vivid and technically accomplished

Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu to direct ‘Covers,’ a romance movie set in Los Angeles’ music scene

Love wins! The High Court in Kenya has lifted the ban on lesbian movie ‘Rafiki’

Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu is suing the Kenyan government and it’s all about the Oscars

Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu invited to become member of Oscars Academy

Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu has signed a mega deal with The Gotham Group and we are excited

Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian love story “Rafiki” now has a trailer!

Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian film “Rafiki” becomes Kenya’s first film to debut at Cannes

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