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Past Film/Video | Contemporary Screen
(Wanuri Kahiu, 2018)
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Bursting with the colorful fashions and music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, Rafiki is a tender love story between two young women set in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality.
The daughters of rival political families, Kena and Ziki have been raised to be good, proper Kenyan girls, but they have dreams that exceed the boundaries of their conservative society. Not long after the girls meet and encourage each other to be their true selves, they fall in love and have to choose between happiness and safety. Initially banned in Kenya for its positive portrayal of queer romance, Rafiki won a landmark Supreme Court case that has chipped away at the country’s anti-LGBT legislation. (83 mins., DCP)
Rafiki, image courtesy of Film Movement
SEASON SUPPORT FOR FILM/VIDEO Rohauer Collection Foundation
SUPPORT FOR THE FILM/VIDEO STUDIO PROGRAM Institute of Museum and Library Services National Endowment for the Arts
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE WEXNER CENTER Greater Columbus Arts Council Ohio Arts Council The Columbus Foundation Nationwide Foundation
Past Film/Video
Rafiki
