A colourful animated video fills my computer screen, palm trees waving in the wind behind the University of Today entrance gate, where a sign marked #CampusMeToo hangs in bright blue and purple. In the next shot, I see inside a lecture room. A teacher stands by the chalkboard in front of seated students. “Hey young girl, stand up!” (Imara.TV, 2019;0:11) he says to a girl sitting at the front of the classroom, “Why do you look so serious? What’s your name?” (ibid.; 0:14-0:16). The girl tells him that her name is Lindah, and he replies : “Wuuu, beautiful name for a beautiful girl!” (ibid.; 0:19-0:22) while the students in the back giggle. In the next scene, Lindah tells her friend that she’s failing her class and doesn’t understand why. Her friend tells her the reason is that she turned down a coffee date the professor invited her on. In the middle of their conversation, Lindah receives a message from him with a nude image of h im saying: “Hey beautiful”. Lindah‘s friend encourages her to report this behaviour, so she talks to the Dean of Students. He tells her that there is zero tolerance for sexual harassment in the school and tells her she can trust him while hugging her and groping her ass.
Cinemadamare Africa chapter 2019, being the biggest gathering of young filmmakers in the world and for the first time coming to Africa, Kenya, was a million-dollar opportunity for all filmmakers coming together, sharing ideas and experiences as well as travelling for 5 weeks to 5 renowned counties to produce and screen the films to the community. The main objectives of moving from these counties, namely NAIROBI, KISUMU, NYANDARUA, MAKUENI & MOMBASA, were to give a platform to all young filmmakers from across the world to network, learn from each other, and tell their own stories and how the devolution government has improved the filmmaking industry in those different counties.
Today we are talking to Ni Yetu Productions Group Leader - Mutiso Mtongwe Mutua. We asked him some questions to know more about him and his group
- How do you ensure that your video storyboards measure up?
Intentions- What are we intended to portray according to the script but not to our imagination and thinking as director or actors.
Picha deadly is an entertaining and educative animated short film series shedding light on the issue of pornography among the youth. It was produced by Arachnid Entertainment youth group. We had a brief interview with their group leader below to know more about the group.
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The International Center For Reproductive Health-Kenya (ICRH-K) sponsored the Genexo youth group from Mtwapa, Kenya to produce 2 TV series. The group is an informal live drama and music group who performed high school setbooks or open–air theater events in Mombasa. It has a total of 24 youth members who live within the Coast region of Kenya.
