MTV Staying Alive Foundation, Paramount Global and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have partnered on “In Bloom,” a short film anthology focusing on gender equity.
Directed by emerging female filmmakers from Nigeria, Kenya, India, the U.S. and Brazil, the anthology addresses a range of issues including period poverty, child marriage, gender-based violence, HIV self- stigma, family planning and women’s economic empowerment. As a part of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation’s mission of storytelling to change lives and Paramount’s “Content For Change” initiative, the series aims to champion new voices and enable conversations to dismantle systemic injustices in support of the U.N.’s gender equality goal.
The creative lead on “In Bloom” is Tope Oshin, Nigerian TV and film director and board member of U.N. Live. The shorts include English-language comedy-drama “Period,” written and directed by Nicole Teeny (U.S.): Like many of...
Directed by emerging female filmmakers from Nigeria, Kenya, India, the U.S. and Brazil, the anthology addresses a range of issues including period poverty, child marriage, gender-based violence, HIV self- stigma, family planning and women’s economic empowerment. As a part of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation’s mission of storytelling to change lives and Paramount’s “Content For Change” initiative, the series aims to champion new voices and enable conversations to dismantle systemic injustices in support of the U.N.’s gender equality goal.
The creative lead on “In Bloom” is Tope Oshin, Nigerian TV and film director and board member of U.N. Live. The shorts include English-language comedy-drama “Period,” written and directed by Nicole Teeny (U.S.): Like many of...
- 2/26/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Disconnect: The Wedding Planner is a Nigerian comedy film directed by David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga starring Catherine Kamau, Pascal Tokodi, Brenda Wairimu and Brian Ogola among others.
A “modern” comedy that attempts to be a classic (or the other way around) with a kind of humor that can be convincing (or not), and is unfortunately for its producers, does not seem to become a blockbuster…
Disconnect: The Wedding Planner is a light comedy, very light that -sometimes- works as a sitcom that although it does not have the rhythm of a comedy, is also a little more serious, a little less serious and has a tone that finally does not connect with anything.
This is a comedy that does not finally define itself totally as a comedy, the rhythm or the formula of its characters are neither a comedy either… it has a backdrop of a social statement, too left to...
A “modern” comedy that attempts to be a classic (or the other way around) with a kind of humor that can be convincing (or not), and is unfortunately for its producers, does not seem to become a blockbuster…
Disconnect: The Wedding Planner is a light comedy, very light that -sometimes- works as a sitcom that although it does not have the rhythm of a comedy, is also a little more serious, a little less serious and has a tone that finally does not connect with anything.
This is a comedy that does not finally define itself totally as a comedy, the rhythm or the formula of its characters are neither a comedy either… it has a backdrop of a social statement, too left to...
- 1/13/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Kenya has submitted Ravneet Chadha's Subira for consideration in the international feature Oscar category.
The Nairobi-based, Indian-born filmmaker's story makes a strong feminist statement in a movie about a young woman who challenges gender stereotypes and tradition. The pic is a Kenya-Denmark co-production, produced by Kaaya Films and Muasya Media Enterprises.
Subira is based on an award-winning 2007 short of the same name. Brenda Wairimu stars as the free-spirited titular character, who struggles to live out her dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged marriage. The film addresses thoroughly modern African social issues.
Shot ...
The Nairobi-based, Indian-born filmmaker's story makes a strong feminist statement in a movie about a young woman who challenges gender stereotypes and tradition. The pic is a Kenya-Denmark co-production, produced by Kaaya Films and Muasya Media Enterprises.
Subira is based on an award-winning 2007 short of the same name. Brenda Wairimu stars as the free-spirited titular character, who struggles to live out her dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged marriage. The film addresses thoroughly modern African social issues.
Shot ...
- 9/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kenya has submitted Ravneet Chadha's Subira for consideration in the international feature Oscar category.
The Nairobi-based, Indian-born filmmaker's story makes a strong feminist statement in a movie about a young woman who challenges gender stereotypes and tradition. The pic is a Kenya-Denmark co-production, produced by Kaaya Films and Muasya Media Enterprises.
Subira is based on an award-winning 2007 short of the same name. Brenda Wairimu stars as the free-spirited titular character, who struggles to live out her dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged marriage. The film addresses thoroughly modern African social issues.
Shot ...
The Nairobi-based, Indian-born filmmaker's story makes a strong feminist statement in a movie about a young woman who challenges gender stereotypes and tradition. The pic is a Kenya-Denmark co-production, produced by Kaaya Films and Muasya Media Enterprises.
Subira is based on an award-winning 2007 short of the same name. Brenda Wairimu stars as the free-spirited titular character, who struggles to live out her dream of swimming in the ocean, against local customs and an arranged marriage. The film addresses thoroughly modern African social issues.
Shot ...
- 9/16/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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