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Doc & Talk: Our Land, Our Freedom - Ciné Sura

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DOC & TALK on 22 and 30 January.

The next documentary in "Doc & Talk: Living Together" will turn our attention to colonization. On 22 and 30 January, Openscreen will show "Our Land, Our Freedom" by Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu. The film tells the story of two extraordinary Kenyan women – a mother and daughter, Mukami and Wanjugu Kimathi - who share a mission to shine a light on the too-long-kept secret atrocities of British colonial rule in Kenya.

The film will be shown at Ciné Sura on 22 January and Ciné le Paris on 30 January from 19:30. After the two screenings, there will be a discussion with the two filmmakers.

The quest for truth is always a difficult journey. It took eight years for Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu to create this film and tell the personal accounts of people who lived through the colonial era in Kenya.

Our Land, Our Freedom/SYNOPSIS

After the legendary freedom fighter, Dedan Kimathi, was hanged by the British colonial regime in 1957 for leading Kenya’s 1950s independence struggle, they secretly dumped his body. Now, his daughter, Wanjugu, joins her mother’s decades-long quest, searching for his remains. Along her journey, she meets elder freedom fighters and land rights advocates who tell her of British concentration camps, torture, starvation, and land theft that left hundreds of thousands of Kenyans destitute. Wanjugu's mission expands, and, working closely with her mother, she transforms into a powerful leader, exposing colonial crimes while building a grassroots movement for land resettlement.

This intimate portrayal of a daughter's mission to bring peace to her mother exposes the dark chapter of colonialism in Kenya and features Mukami and Wanjugu's powerful interventions to shift its legacy: a story that will reverberate not only in Kenya but also in countries impacted by colonialism across the world.

DIRECTORS' STATEMENT

"Our Land, Our Freedom" is a documentary borne from personal and historical necessity. As directors who were both born in Kenya, our involvement in creating this film is deeply rooted in our own heritage and the legacies of our families, who were both part of the 1950s freedom movement against British colonial rule, albeit in different capacities. Our personal histories are intertwined with the larger narrative of Kenyan resistance, making this project profoundly significant to us.

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