Rafiki
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Directed by Wanuri Kahiū | 82 mins | 2018
Realized with bold, confident strokes in a vivacious palette, "Rafiki" is both the first Kenyan film to have been selected for Cannes and the first to tell a love story between women—a fact that saw it banned in director Wanuri Kahiū’s home country. The attraction blossoming between Kena and Ziki is fraught not just because homosexuality is still illegal in Kenya, but because their fathers are political rivals, both preparing for an upcoming election.
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