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The history of film in Kenya / produced by Simbavision ; a Twaweza Communications production ; supported by Ford Foundation ; producer, Joy Wanjiku ; written and directed by Simiyu Barasa.
LIBRA DVD 019 500
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Swahili
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Kenya--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture industry--Kenya--History.
- Motion picture industry.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Kenya.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Television--Kenya--History.
- Television.
- History.
- Kenya.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Other Title:
- Title on container and disc label: History of film in Kenya, 1909-2009
- Place of Publication:
- Nairobi : Simbavision, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In English and Swahili with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, all regions.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Filmmaking in Kenya is traced from its earliest colonial years through the burgeoning period of independence to the present. The parallel growth of Kenyan television and its role in fostering the Kenyan movie industry is also explored.
- Participant:
- On-screen narrator: Ben Lung'aho.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Kirumburu Ng'ang'a; editor, Carole Gikandi Omondi; executive producer, Kimani Njogu ; production manager, Judy Wanjiru; sound, Richard Ndung'u.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2010.
- Aspect ratio 2.35:1.
- OCLC:
- 701179311
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