A Handbook of Women Filmmakers in Kenyan Cinema

A Handbook of Women Filmmakers

in Kenyan Cinema

 
A Handbook of Women Filmmakers in Kenyan Cinema seeks to situate scholarship and contributions of women filmmakers in Kenya and global film studies. It espouses diverse methodologies, critical tools, and theoretical perspectives in interrogating women filmmakers in the country.

This ground-breaking book is edited by Dr. Susan Gitimu Lecturer at Kenyatta University and Women in Film Awards Director (WIFA) as well as Dr. Charles Kebaya Senior Lecturer at Machakos University. The edited volume aims to bring together critical works focusing on women filmmakers in Kenyan cinema. The book is envisaged as a comprehensive volume comprising analyses of film oeuvres of various women filmmakers, essays on women film directors, producers, actresses, and scriptwriters. The volume transcends traditional approaches of looking at films made by women filmmakers as ‘feminist’ cinema but focuses on various issues articulated and canvassed by women filmmakers.

The book chapter contributors presented their chapters during a 3-day conference held at Norfolk Hotel on 3rd -5th April 2024. The conference was organized with the support of BTF, WIFA and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

 

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