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This Is The Director Who Sued Her Government For The Chance To Show Her Film In Her Own Country

PEOPLE Posted: April 14, 2019 10:00 am

Wanuri Kahiu isn’t happy with how much trolling and nastiness she’s gotten since her film Rafiki was banned in Kenya because it positively depicted a same-sex relationship. But middle fingers up to the haters: “Days before Rafiki was banned, it was selected for Cannes. Now she has two Hollywood projects on the go: a sci-fi series for Amazon Prime, and a gig directing Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things, in a young adult drama produced by Reese Witherspoon, making her the first African woman to get a studio deal. One article bills her as ‘the next Kathryn Bigelow.'” – The Guardian (UK)

PEOPLE Published: 04.12.19

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 04.12.19

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