This Kenyan storyteller’s proudly frivolous films have a deeper mission
Wanuri Kahiu's films and stories don't need tragedies. Her "Afro-bubblegum" art is fun and even frivolous, and rejects the idea that she needs to grapple with dark, violent problems. At the...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: And staying on the subject of Africa, we turn to another in our Brief But Spectacular series, where we ask people to describe their passions. Tonight, Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, who's using a new style to tell modern African stories. WANURI KAHIU, Filmmaker: I am a filmmaker and storyteller. And I have made films and written stories about rusted robots that fall in love, Nairobi pop bands that want to go to space, girls who want to race camels in the future, girls who want to dance in the future, anything that's fun, fizz, and frivolous coming out of Africa. A couple of years ago, I was writing a love story, and I was looking for funding for it. And when I said I was looking for a love story, and I approached investors, one of them...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: And staying on the subject of Africa, we turn to another in our Brief But Spectacular series, where we ask people to describe their passions. Tonight, Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, who's using a new style to tell modern African stories. WANURI KAHIU, Filmmaker: I am a filmmaker and storyteller. And I have made films and written stories about rusted robots that fall in love, Nairobi pop bands that want to go to space, girls who want to race camels in the future, girls who want to dance in the future, anything that's fun, fizz, and frivolous coming out of Africa. A couple of years ago, I was writing a love story, and I was looking for funding for it. And when I said I was looking for a love story, and I approached investors, one of them...
