Stories of Our Lives

Name: Stories of Our Lives
Director: Jim Chuchu
Released: 2014

Jim Chuchu 2014

Stories of our Lives documents the hidden personal stories of lovers, fighters, rebels and the community histories that characterize the queer experience in Kenya: ASK ME NICELY (ITISHA POA), RUN, ATHMAN, DUET, EACH NIGHT I DREAM.

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Running Time:

60 min.

Spoken Languages:

English, Swahili, English

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Jim Chuchu

Producers:

Wangechi Ngugi

Cinematographers:

Dan Muchina, Jim Chuchu

Editors:

Dan Muchina, Jim Chuchu

Production Companies:

The NEST Collective, Big World Cinema

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Press

The Hollywood Reporter

"A fresh, warm, visually ravishing look at queer life in East Africa."

Stephen Dalton
Huffington Post

"Stories of Our Lives is a gorgeously constructed tone-poem that taps into something deeply universal: the desire to belong, the impulse to feel wanted and needed and free. One of the most triumphant and stunning films of the year."

Diriye Osman

Festival Participation

Toronto International Film Festival - 2014
Berlinale, Berlin - 2015
!f Istanbul International Film Festival, Turkey - 2015
MoMA Documentary Fortnight, NYC - 2015
Massimadi LGBT Film Festival, Montreal - 2015

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