Waithira

Waithira

Waithira

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Waithira

2017

1h 12m

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A portrait of family, and a study of migration, assimilation and generational spirit in the most gentle and intimate of terms. Kenyan born Munyiri, partially raised in South Africa and much-travelled since, creates an autobiography-through biography of her late paternal grandmother, Waithira.

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Directed by: Eva Munyiri

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