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Stories of Our Lives

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Five vignettes on Kenya's LGBT community.

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Shadow and Act Staff Shadow and Act 09/13/2022
This is a beautiful little film about love, about humanity, about one of the many facets of what it means to be African. Go to Full Review Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter 05/14/2019
The film has a luminous monochrome look and slickly edited polish that defies its minimal $15,000 budget. Go to Full Review Craig Takeuchi Georgia Straight 05/14/2019
With an artful and intimate touch, director Jim Chuchu beautifully gives voice to the lives of gay and lesbian Kenyans in this omnibus film, shot in black-and-white. Go to Full Review Danielle Davenport One Room With A View 05/14/2019
4/5
This well-judged, vivid and triumphantly beautiful film packs unbelievable power into 60 minutes. Go to Full Review Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine 08/22/2018
The narrative is little more than a point of departure to expose the persecution that members of the LGBT community face in Kenya on a daily basis. Go to Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 09/22/2015
3.5/5
Stylistically simple but quite remarkable when one considers that they were filmed with a single DSLR, these short films form a powerful whole. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/02/2015 A series of vignettes of the lives of LGBTQ individuals in Kenya shot in beautiful black and white, Stories of Our Lives packs quite the emotional punch. Each short story covers so much ground from love and hate to hope and despair which is what makes it remarkable. Stories of Our Lives never shys away from the persecution, fear and discrimination faced by LGBTQ people in Kenya, but it doesn't lose itself in the horrible realities. Instead through its lyrical imagery and creative use of sound, Stories of Our Lives conveys an overall message of hope for a better tomorrow. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jim Chuchu

Director

Louis Brooke

Actor

Allan Bryan Weku

Actor

Judy Gichohi

Actor

Kelly Gichohi

Actor

Olwenya Maina

Actor

Movie Info

Synopsis Five vignettes on Kenya's LGBT community.
Director
Jim Chuchu
Producer
Wangechi Ngugi
Screenwriter
Jim Chuchu, Njoki Ngumi
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 0m