In My Genes
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May 10, 2009
Screenings
GHANA:
-- Real Life Pan-African Documentary Film Festival, Accra, GHANA (May 22 2009)
USA:
-- New York African Film Festival, New York, NY (April 12th & 14th 2009)
Walter Reade Theater @ Lincoln Center
-- Salt Lake City Film Center New Face Of Africa Film …
May 9, 2009
JOHN SIBI-OKUMU REVIEWS "IN MY GENES"
LUPITA NYONG%u2019O%u2019s %u201CIN MY GENES%u201D
A Review by John Sibi-Okumu
In an ideal world, Lupita Nyong%u2019o%u2019s %u201CIN MY GENES,%u201D a 78-minute documentary film, need not have been made at all. However, in the imperfect world that is, it serves as …
Apr 18, 2009
Saturday Nation Reports: Audiences full of praise for Kenyan film makers
Audiences full of praise for Kenyan film makers
By NATION Correspondent Posted Thursday, April 16 2009 at 20:05
Three Kenyan directors earned acclaim from audiences at an annual African Film Festival in New York this week. The Kenyan film makers, all women, …
Brooklyn, NY
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About
Lupita Nyong'o, a recent graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, has worked on the production teams of critically acclaimed films including The Constant Gardener (2005) directed by Fernando Mereilles and The Namesake (2006) directed by Mira Nair. During her four-year Liberal Arts program where she concentrated on the study of film and theatre she made a number of short experimental films, the last of which, entitled Decolonizing the Mind (2005), won the 'Best of Hampshire College' award at the Five College Film Festival, 2007. The film is a personified visual exploration of conflicted African identity.
Lupita's latest filmic endeavour has been writing, producing, directing and editing a feature-length documentary entitled, In My Genes, as her final thesis project (Winner of 'Best Documentary' and 'Best Film of 2008' at the Five College Film Festival, 2008; and 'Souvenir Selection' at the Africala Film Festival, Mexico, 2008). In My Genes addresses the personal and societal challenges that people with albinism face as members of one of the most hyper-visible and misunderstood minority groups of Kenya's predominantly black society through the experiences of eight individuals from different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Through this uplifting story of discrimination on the basis of skin colour, not only does she want to shed light on the problem of stigma, but also hopes to celebrate human difference.
Lupita, moved back to Nairobi in August 2008 and has since broadened her portfolio to include video projects for MTV and Wananchi Online.
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“A candid exposé of what it means to live with albinism in Africa, the direct essence of our being.”
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Audiences full of praise for Kenyan film makers ∞
Three Kenyan directors earned acclaim from audiences at an annual African Film Festival in New York this week.
Saharah Reporters discuss albinism, Africa and Film with Lupita Nyong'o ∞
NY1 African Storytelling Comes Alive At Annual Film Fest ∞
The 16th Annual African Film Festival opened April 8th at the Walter Read Theater. NY1's Stephanie Simon filed the following report.