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• Africa in NYC

  Posted: May 23, 2009, 3:23 pm by sci-culturist

  I am a tad late with this, but not if you can get to the  Africa Dance Festival in Brooklyn (hat tip Sean Jacobs). The New York  African Film Festival is currently underway. I spotted the Emerging Female Kenyan Directors and New Contemporary Works on the programme and wish this is a forum we could have [...]

• Kenya::Kalasha Film and TV Awards

  Posted: May 19, 2009, 2:34 pm by sci-culturist

  I’m impressed with the increasing value being given to the arts in Kenya. Well, more accurately, that would be Nairobi. The Kenya Film Commission is set to launch Kenya’s own first film & TV awards on 27th June at the Carnivore in Nairobi. The award night promises to be a glamorous affair, showcasing Kenyan entertainment. Voting [...]

• Uganda::Maisha Film Lab

  Posted: May 12, 2009, 8:01 pm by sci-culturist

  I was chuffed to discover that Mira Nair, the acclaimed Indian-born film maker of Mississippi Masala fame and more recently The Namesake, amongst others, founded and has been intimately involved in running two annual 3-week long film labs in Kampala, Uganda since 2005. Although originally founded to address the dearth of East African film production, [...]

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