In 2007, the violently disputed general election in Kenya divided people along tribal lines, and for the first time, many urban Kenyans had to identify their tribe. Almost 10 years later, many fear Kenya could be becoming more tribally polarized than ever before. Working with two primary schools in Nairobi and Mombasa, directors Wanuri Kahiu and Nick Reding intimately explore issues surrounding national identity. Using games and interviews the filmmakers ask 8-11 year olds what they understand about discrimination, tribe and religion, and how, when they are discriminated themselves, do they feel about their own identity.

Inspired by Jane Elliot's "Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" experiment, the film delicately picks at the religious and tribal tensions that exist in Kenya, by creating an exercise in which the class is arbitrarily divided into groups. The children narrate the experiences and talk about the lessons they learn as they themselves experience the anger, frustration and powerlessness of prejudice.

A film by Wanuri Kahiu & Nick Reding

Kenya, 2016, documentary, 30 min


Director: Kahiu Wanuri & Nick Redding
Run time: | 30'15" |
Country: Kenya
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A

Country
Kenya

Year
2016

Medium
DCP

Length
30'

Language
Swahili

Filmmakers
Nick Reding, Wanuri Kahiu

Writers
Wanuri Kahiu, Nick Reding

Cinematography
Joan Poggio

Editor
Carole Gikandi Omondi

Production Design
Krysteen Savane

Sound Design
David Kabash Kinyanjui, Dennis Musyoka

Producers
Nick Reding, Angelique Pitteloud Gakoko

Sales
Rushlake Media GmbH

IFFR: International premiere
https://iffr.com/en/2018/films/who-am-i
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SVENKA

Det våldsamma riksdagsvalet I Kenya 2007 lämnade många konsekvenser efter sig. För första gången blev kenyanerna uppdelade efter olika folkgrupper. Idag 10 år senare, fruktar många hur polariserat Kenya har blivit. Filmen WHO AM I utspelar sig på två grundskolor i Nairobi och Mombasa där regissören Wanuri Kahiu och Nick Reding utforskar problematiken kring nationell identitet bland eleverna. Med hjälp av lekar och intervjuer frå gar filmskaparna eleverna vad de vet om diskriminering, folkgrupper och identitet.

Kenya (2015)
Regi: Wanuri Kahiu och Nick Reding
Engelskt tal (svensk text)
30 min
Åldersgrupp: 11 +

Inspirerat av Jane Elliots"Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes" experimentet tar filmen pulsen på de identitetsspänningarna som råder i Kenya.

Source:
http://cinemafrica.se/skolbio/