‘Rafiki’, a movie premised on a love story between two women may be banned in Kenya, but it is receiving accolades from movie lovers abroad. Kenyan actress Samantha Mugatsia was named the best actress ...

Exclusive: Wanuri Kahiu's colorful coming-of-age tale caused a stir in her home country, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the last decade, American film and TV has made great strides towards ...

The 2018 film, Rafiki, by co-writer/director Wanuri Kahiu, follows Kena and Ziki, two friends who encourage one another to follow their dreams by going to college and starting careers as young women ...

"I've seen how you look at me." Film Movement has released an official US trailer for the acclaimed indie drama Rafiki, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year and received quite a bit ...

Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative ...

The filmmaker is determined to combat reductive depictions of the African continent. Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu is determined to combat long-standing depictions of the African continent in defeat.

A boisterous, joyful film about a terribly sad situation, writer-director Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki” is the tale of two lovestruck young women in contemporary Nairobi, where homosexuality is illegal and ...

In “Rafiki,” the Kenyan actress Samantha Mugatsia delivers a quietly watchful performance as Kena, a Nairobi teenager on the verge of falling in love for the first time. Slender and taciturn, Kena has ...

The movie “Rafiki” — banned in its native Kenya, but shown at the Cannes Film Festival — will have it Massachusetts premiere on Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m., at the Academy of Music Theatre in ...

In “Rafiki,” the Kenyan actress Samantha Mugatsia delivers a quietly watchful performance as Kena, a Nairobi teenager on the verge of falling in love for the first time. Slender and taciturn, Kena has ...