
Born in Nairobi, Wanuri Kahiu is part of the new generation of African storytellers. Her debut feature,
From a Whisper (2008), won Best Director and Best Picture at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, the Zanzibar International Film Festival’s Golden Dhow Award, and Best Film at Kalasha, Kenya Film and TV Awards. Among her other films are a documentary,
For Our Land (2009), and a short,
Pumzi (2009), winner of Best Short at the Cannes Independent Film Festival. She is currently in post-production on
“GER” (To Be Separate), a documentary, and in pre-production on
Rusties, a Nairobi-set science fiction film.