"I've seen how you look at me." Film Movement has released an official US trailer for the acclaimed indie drama Rafiki, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year and received quite a bit ...

A boisterous, joyful film about a terribly sad situation, writer-director Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki” is the tale of two lovestruck young women in contemporary Nairobi, where homosexuality is illegal and ...

If ever there were a cinematic equivalent of “purple prose,” the Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu finds it. Vibrant shades of purple and pink pop into nearly every frame of her new movie, “Rafiki,” a ...

When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Ben Kenigsberg It was hard not to get swept up in the anticipation when “Rafiki” was ...

Banned in its homeland of Kenya for its positive depiction of homosexuality, "Rafiki" is a colorful, expressive love story about romance overcoming boundaries. Samantha Mugatsia is Kena, a teenager ...

‘Rafiki’, a movie premised on a love story between two women may be banned in Kenya, but it is receiving accolades from movie lovers abroad. Kenyan actress Samantha Mugatsia was named the best actress ...

The movie “Rafiki” — banned in its native Kenya, but shown at the Cannes Film Festival — will have it Massachusetts premiere on Saturday, May 18 at 7 p.m., at the Academy of Music Theatre in ...

The filmmaker is determined to combat reductive depictions of the African continent. Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu is determined to combat long-standing depictions of the African continent in defeat.

If ever there were a cinematic equivalent of “purple prose,” the Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu finds it. Vibrant shades of purple and pink pop into nearly every frame of her new movie, “Rafiki,” a ...