Kenyan Movies
Film production companies have long identified Kenya as a popular destination for both film production and video production. In the film "To Walk with Lions" (the biopic of famed conservationist George Adamson) Kenya's readily accessible exotic wildlife, captivating landscapes and diverse traditional cultures brings out the perfect cinematic setting. Other films produced in the country include the Academy Award winning "Out of Africa", a real-life murder mystery "White Mischief of the Happy Valley".
Kenyan Movies
Over 80 international films have been hosted in Kenya, the major ones include Out of Africa, King Solomon's Mines, Born Free, Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, Mugambo, The Wilby Conspiracy, Master of the Game, The Colour Purple (second unit), Kitchen Toto, Cry Freedom (second unit), White Mischief, The Life of Hemmingway, Besieged, Forbidden Territory, Constant Gardener, White Maasai, Congo (second unit), I Dreamed of Africa (second unit) and To Walk With Lions.
Now, Kenyans fed up with being the background for high-budget films about white people running around an African playground are telling their own stories. The Kenyan movie industry is thriving! Elijah Kahara of the Kenya Film Commission says Kenya's movie industry doesn't have a lot of money, but lack of cash doesn't equal lack of creativity. His commission issued 168 licenses for filming last year.
Evelyn Kahungu, who has directed movies in Kenya for seven years, says now it's time for Kenya to join the show. Kahungu says the industry is finally benefiting from cheaper equipment and new distribution ideas.
“Kenyan directors and producers are working hard to make the Kenyan Movie industry bigger and better. Hopefully, it is going be very big but what I can say is that it is growing. From where we were two years back, I think it is much better now and we are hoping it is going to be bigger,” says Kenyan actress Sarah Hassah.
According to her, actors were being taken seriously in Kenya now and they were also getting more movie roles to play.
Indeed, the future looks bright for the Kenyan movie industry.
Kenyan Movies
Kenyan Movies
Over 80 international films have been hosted in Kenya, the major ones include Out of Africa, King Solomon's Mines, Born Free, Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, Mugambo, The Wilby Conspiracy, Master of the Game, The Colour Purple (second unit), Kitchen Toto, Cry Freedom (second unit), White Mischief, The Life of Hemmingway, Besieged, Forbidden Territory, Constant Gardener, White Maasai, Congo (second unit), I Dreamed of Africa (second unit) and To Walk With Lions.
Now, Kenyans fed up with being the background for high-budget films about white people running around an African playground are telling their own stories. The Kenyan movie industry is thriving! Elijah Kahara of the Kenya Film Commission says Kenya's movie industry doesn't have a lot of money, but lack of cash doesn't equal lack of creativity. His commission issued 168 licenses for filming last year.
Evelyn Kahungu, who has directed movies in Kenya for seven years, says now it's time for Kenya to join the show. Kahungu says the industry is finally benefiting from cheaper equipment and new distribution ideas.
“Kenyan directors and producers are working hard to make the Kenyan Movie industry bigger and better. Hopefully, it is going be very big but what I can say is that it is growing. From where we were two years back, I think it is much better now and we are hoping it is going to be bigger,” says Kenyan actress Sarah Hassah.
According to her, actors were being taken seriously in Kenya now and they were also getting more movie roles to play.
Indeed, the future looks bright for the Kenyan movie industry.
Kenyan Movies