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Film Info

Kenya, USA, Portugal, Germany 2023 | 100 min. Director:  Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu
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World Sales

First Hand Films
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
8050 Zürich Phone +41 44 3122060 https://www.firsthandfilms.com

Project / Host

German Documentaries

Categories

Documentary

Our Land, Our Freedom

Synopsis

Wanjugu Kimathi is the daughter of Dedan Kimathi, legendary leader of the Kenyan Land and Freedom Army, or Mau Mau. This resistance group fought the British colonial regime from 1952 to 1960 to stop it from confiscating land, a conflict known as the Mau Mau Rebellion. In 1957, the British authorities hanged Dedan for possession of firearms, and then dumped his body at an unknown location.
Dedan’s daughter Wanjugu follows in her mother’s footsteps and continues the search for his remains. Along the way, she meets Mau Mau veterans, families of others who lost their land, and inspiring activists. She also discovers new atrocities and mass graves that the British would rather have remained secret.
While carrying on her day job as a receptionist at an airport, Wanjugu attracted huge numbers of followers and she now poses a threat to the businesses and prominent political figures who are today still profiting from the policies of the former British regime. TESTAMENT [WT] is her story, a painful but also hopeful chapter in postcolonial history. [36 IDFA]

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2023
36 IDFA – Frontlight, Amsterdam
2024
FIFDH Genève
Special Mention – Movies that Matter Festival, #MtM
HUMAN – IDFF Oslo
39 DOK.fest Munich
21 Millenium Docs Against Gravity
DocsBarcelona
31 Sheffield DocFest
21 Africa FF Cologne

World Sales

First Hand Films
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
8050 Zürich Phone +41 44 3122060 https://www.firsthandfilms.com

Cast & Crew

Meena Nanji, Zippy Kimundu
 Eliane Ferreira (Muiraquitã Filmes), Meena Nanji (Twende Pictures), Zippy Kimundu (Afrofilms International Ltd), Gudula Meinzolt (Autentika Films)
 Steve Ruiyi, Dru Mungai
 Jordana Berg, Franki Ashiruka
 Willis Abuto, John Paul Gichengo

Categories

Documentary
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