Ni Kuruka Maisha - Jumping into Life
16,00€
Description
Jumping into Life is a feature-length documentary about young people trained at the Kuruka Maisha School of Performing Arts. Produced and filmed by young people from the same social background, the film offers an intimate and intense look at the lives of young people in the slums of Nairobi. It shows the joy and pleasure they take in discovering that they are performing artists, but also suggests the complexity and sometimes disillusionment they can feel when faced with the fantasies and dreams that being an artist arouses in them.
Africalia Productions Collection
Presentation of the partners
Kuruka Maisha is an arts school for street children. It was developed on the premise that artistic activities help street children in many ways. The school offers classes in visual and performing arts such as acrobatics, traditional and contemporary African dance, capoeira, theatre, visual arts and music. Each class has very specific objectives, priorities and a well-defined teaching approach. The artistic activities help the social workers to establish contact with the street children. What's more, these activities have a major impact on the children's physical and mental state.
The Mwelu Foundation is dedicated to projects for children and teenagers in the slums of Nairobi's Mathare Valley. It introduces and trains young people in photography and video, while ensuring that they attend school regularly. Their mission is to nurture the talent of children from Nairobi's poorest communities by training them in the creative arts and key life skills. By giving children a voice and promoting education, they hope to break the cycle of poverty and violence. Find out more about the Mwelu Foundation.
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Technical data
A DOCUMENTARY BY Mwelu Foundation & Kuruka Maisha Foundation WRITTEN BY Elijah Mumo, Grace Kinya, James Otieno, Jesse Salem Ng'ang'a, Lucy Roby, Nicholas Balongo, Rachael Ouko DIRECTED BY Jes'se Salem Ng'ang'a & Grace Kinya PRODUCED BY Africalia IN COLLABORATION WITH Atelier Graphoui WITH THE SUPPORT OF DGD. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THE PRODUCTION AND THIS DVD POSSIBLE, IN PARTICULAR : all the youngsters and teachers of Kuruka Maisha, Lucy Roby, Boni Katei and Dan Oloo and Antony Mwangi of Medeva, Nina Ogot, Adam Chienjo, Kaboge Wycliffe Chagala, Toby Amani (the guitarist), Yazmany Arboleda, Charlotte Morantin, Patricia Van de Velde, the whole team of Africalia Bjorn Maes, Mirko Popovitch, Frédéric Jacquemin, Dorine Rurashitse, Paul Lira, Audrey Brisack, the whole team of Graphoui, Christian Coppin, Sébastien Demeffe, Laszlo Umbreit, Ellen Meiresonne, Geneviève Duckerts, Rosa Spaliviero, Romain Assenat, Pierre de Bellefroid, Aline Moens, Patrick Theunen, Didier Spirlet, Jacques Faton, Lou Vernin, Sammy Baloji & Leo, Polymorfilms, Simon Arazi, Nicolas Van Kerckhove, Bart Ouvry, the Ambassador of Belgium in Kenya and the entire team.
Additional information
| Weight | 75 g |
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