Angela Wanjiku Wamai
has been working as a film editor in Nairobi for nearly a decade. In 2022, she completed her feature debut Shimoni (The Pit), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has continued a successful festival run. The film was awarded the Étalon de Bronze at FESPACO and the golden film award at the Luxor African film festival. Angela is drawn to stories of broken men and often explores the themes of fatherhood, grief, and loss in her work. Enkop (The Soil) is no different, and in this Neo-Western drama series, she situates this exploration in Kenya's vast and volatile ranchland.
Unlike for prior episodes, she has this conversation with Oumar following the Series Mania festival in Lille.
AuthenticA
AuthenticA is an exciting and empowering programme funded by the Story Board collective for African episodic screenwriters.
The programme is presented in partnership with Realness Institute, a South Africa based non-profit organisation, which aims to empower Africans to tell their stories from an unapologetically African point of view.
AuthenticA offered to four African screenwriters the unique opportunity to develop their original stories, of all genres, in episodic form.
The Spot Geneva was happy to meet the screen writers during their residence in Geneva for four conversations with our host Oumar Touré Franzen.
They talk about their inspiration, their approach to screen writing and more.