A New Crop of Kenyan Film Makers

The film industry may seemingly be fledgling in Kenya, but one thing is certain, film groups are not resting on their laurels and constantly coming up with revolutionary ways to highlight issues that affect their local settings.

One such grouping is the Kisumu Lakers Art Group, brought to light by Standard writers, who have produced a series of films with the latest one tackling the land grabbing issues at the Lakeside city. KLAG has put together an insightful film titled Upon a Time which recently premiered in Kisumu and managed to attract a large number of film enthusiasts in the area.
While admittedly the production was not of the best quality, the Nyanza regional director of Film Services, Mr. Vincent Onyango, said that KLAG had shown them good can come out of the region and pledged to support them with more professional services if they planned for other films.
A variety of local film production houses cite a number of obstacles towards producing top quality films including budgetary limits as well as expensive equipment resulting in substandard audio and video output. With an increasing number of Kenyans demanding international standards in entertainment, and the ever successful Hollywood engine, it would be upto Kenyan film makers to be unique and original, relating with their target audiences.