Wanjiru Kinyanjui

История

Born in Kenya. Studied in BC Canada and Berlin Germany. Film school DFFB Berlin. Several films short and long, docs but mostly fiction. Lives in Kajiado, Kenya. Teches filmmaking at the Multimedia University of Kenya. Working on two films.

Фильмы

Africa is a Woman's Name
Africa is a Woman's Name
Director
The lives of three extraordinary African women from different social levels and origins determined to bring about radical transformations in their day to day realities: Kenyan attorney and reputed lawyer Njoki Ndung'u, Puthi Ragophala the committed school principal of a remote South African village and Zimbabwean housewife-entrepreneur, Amai Rosie.
The Battle of the Sacred Tree
The Battle of the Sacred Tree
Director
Mumbi leaves Nairobi for her ancestral village and gets into a quarrel with a Christian women’s group seeking to eradicate the remains of pre-colonial belief systems. Wanjiru Kinyanjui graduated from the DFFB with this smart comedy shot in Kenya.
Black in the Western World
Black in the Western World
Director
Wanjiru Kinyanjui was born in Kenya in 1958. Before becoming a filmmaker, she was a writer, poet, and radio journalist. She obtained her master’s degree in English Literature and German in Berlin before enrolling in the German Film and Television School (dffb) there. This film consists of several interviews with people of colour and talks about their view on racism in Germany.
Berlin African Time
Berlin African Time
Writer
Documentary about African Music performed in Berlin.
Berlin African Time
Berlin African Time
Director
Documentary about African Music performed in Berlin.
A Lover & Killer Of Colour
A Lover & Killer Of Colour
Director
A young painter appreciates the versatility of colours. She tries to come to terms with her loneliness in Germany with poems and paintings.