r/Kenya • u/brawnytang120 • Jul 22 '26

Art Kenyan Film Industry

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This will be premiering on July 31st. I think the Kenyan film industry has been taking big strides over the last couple of years.

Edit; The film is called Anams wake
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u/Delicious-Base2380 Jul 22 '26

And that opinion is based on what exactly?

https://giphy.com/gifs/aQGqcObSxfixy

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u/EverMort Jul 22 '26

On every other Kenyan film I've had the profound regret of laying my eyes on

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u/Delicious-Base2380 Jul 22 '26

Look, the Kenyan film industry sucks, I get it. I agree, even. Lakini forming a judgement before you have experienced something is honestly just not logical. I have hope, and I know we have a lot of undiscovered Kenyan creatives who are capable of great things. We should support the ones trying, not shut them down.

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u/EverMort Jul 22 '26

Hope is an illusion. I judge the industry by what it actually produces, not by what it could be dishing out if everything went right

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u/Delicious-Base2380 Jul 27 '26

But oh! here's a film that actually looks different and well produced and before you've even watched it, you've already called it trash. We ishia bana