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East African experimental: Films and reflections on the EAccelerate Regional Screening
If funding continues to reward safe narratives, filmmakers may stop trying to be creative, opting instead to align with funding bodies’ narratives rather than telling their stories in their purest form.
Every time I find myself working on an article on film, my thoughts inevitably circle back to Kenya’s film culture.
I find myself asking random questions like, What happened to the people who went through virtual production training last year? Why do so many African stories, especially documentaries, lean so heavily on struggle, resilience and poverty? Is it even possible for funding organisations to support films that simply tell stories that celebrate joy or everyday life?
