Rafiki
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Jan 01, 2025
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About the film
“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
1h 21m
Released
2018
Director
Wanuri Kahiu
Cast
Patricia Kihoro, Charlie Karumi, Neville Misati, Githae Njogu, Patricia Amira, Nini Wacera, Hellen Aura, Vitalis Waweru, Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva, Jimmi Gathu, Nice Githinji, Dennis Musyoka, Muthoni Gathecha
Awards & recognition
AFI Fest 2018
Nominee Audience Award New Auteurs
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Nominee Queer Palm
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival 2018
Winner Audience Award
What people are saying
‘The actors are vivid, in particular Mugatsia. She makes us want Kena to have a great life and to believe that against daunting odds, she definitely has a shot.‘
Amy Taubin
Sight & Sound
‘a sweet and bitter story of two Kenyan women who fall in love, owes a debt to Dee Rees’s “Pariah” as it maintains its own tough-minded integrity.‘
Manohla Dargis
The New York Times