Her second time at La Fabrique, Wanuri Kahiu's project was inspired by Ugandan Monica Arac de Nyeko's novel Jambula Tree. A moving love story about two young women who fall in love, that she wanted to bring to film.
UPDATE: The completed film was released under the title Rafiki, presented in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2018.
Also see the African Women in Cinema Blog
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2018/04/rafiki-byde-wanuri-kahiu-cannes-2018-un.html
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde is a professional programme helping talented young directors from emerging countries increase their international exposure. Each year this programme, developed by the Institut français, in partnership with France Médias Monde – RFI, France 24, Monte Carlo Doualiya- with the support of The International Organization of La Fancophonie, invites ten directors working on their first or second feature films to attend the Festival de Cannes along with their producers.
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"Homosexuality is not unafrican; what is unafrican is homophobia": Interview by Olivier Barlet with Wanuri Kahiu about her film “Jambula Tree”