Screenings: Sinema Hot Sun Showcase, Jul. 14 2012 @ Goethe

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Date: July 14, 2012
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 4 pm
Entry: free

The Sinema Hot Sun Showcaseoffers an opportunity for film lovers to interact with creative youth from Kibera showing what they do best. The screening programme comprises award-winning “Kibera Kid”, “Mututho”, “One plus One”, “Choices”, “Majukuma2, among others. Kibera TV will present its documentaries based on slum innovation and environment management. A demonstration of how to record audio for film will be held, making this event a unique showcase of Hot Sun’s activities.

Hot Sun Foundation is a charitable trust registered June 2007 in Nairobi, working with youth in slums since 2000 in Filmmaking and training. Hot Sun Productions provides quality media services at reasonable rates. Kibera Film School offers innovative, hands on video training in creative story telling. The school trains youth in scriptwriting, camera work, editing, directing and producing. Kibera TV, the African inspirational TV is an online channel that is a voice for everyone in the Kibera community and beyond.

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Seminar: Policing Contemporary Kenya-Trends, Innovations & Projections, Jul. 19 2012 @ BIEA

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Date: July 19, 2012
Venue: British Institute for East Africa (BIEA), Kileleshwa
Time: 8.30am-4pm
Entry: Prior reservation & confirmation [seminars@biea.ac.uk]

Abstract
Discussions on police reforms have been part of the public, official and academic discourses on democratization and change in Kenya for over a decade. Going back to the 1990s, the conduct of the police force has been the subject of numerous policy and academic reviews. Over the years, new actors such as private security agencies have emerged, new subjects of policing have also emerged and ideas on policing of these subjects have also evolved. However, these important changes in policing in Kenya have not received sufficient scholarly attention, leaving practitioners and researchers alike with limited optics with which to view the process of police reforms and security sector reform in general.
The one day workshop will bring together leading researchers on policing and security to share their ongoing research and to take stock of the key theoretical developments in the policing of contemporary Kenya.

The workshop is jointly convened by Mutuma Ruteere – The Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies, Nairobi and Ambreena Manji – The British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi

Suits & Mics-The Acoustic Session, Jul. 15 2012 @ Club Soundd

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Date: July 15, 2012
Venue: Club Soundd
Time: 3-6pm
Tickets: Kshs 300

Set in place to ensure the full appreciation of lyricism and the lyricists behind the music.
The Acoustic Sessions are a prelude to Suits And Mics Vol2..

Lyrical stylings by Victoria Zosi and Achieng Adhiambo, flows by Jemedari, Point Blank and Kimathi Marshall

Special Raw And Uncut session by MCs Eveready and Rilla

Mixtapes and LP’s shall also be available for sale.
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Seminar: Domestic Tourism and National Cohesion in Kenya, Jul. 20 2012 @ IFRA/BIEA

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Date: July 20, 2012
Venue: IFRA/BIEA conference room
Time: 10am – 1pm
To attend, kindly RSVP to seminars@ifra-nairobi.net

Chair: Prof. Bob Wishitemi, D.V.C. Moi University
Speakers: Prof. Jean Rieucau*, Université Lyon 2 (France) and Dr. Damiannah Kieti, Moi University
This are presentations by PhD candidates followed by English debate

* His presentation will be in French, supported by a powerpoint presentation in English, the debate will be in english

Abstract
Domestic tourism is a growing industry in Kenya (30% of the yearly touristic national takings) and constitutes already the main frequentation of some of the National Parks (53% of the visitors in Nakuru). For Kenyan authorities, domestic tourism seems to be useful as it may facilitate ethnical understanding and develop national pride and cohesion. In the process of selection of national monuments, the National Museums of Kenya have tried to promote the ethno-cultural diversity of the country. This new touristic development strategy of Kenyan institutions questions strongly the social sciences in relation to free time, leisure and touristic mobility of the Sub-Saharan populations.

For full information: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=15ef751e46901aabe24384368&id=c913d2015f

Film Screening: Welcome to the South (Benvenuti al Sud), Jul 18 2012 @ Italian Institute of Culture

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Film starts at 6.30pm – free for IIC cardholders

Directed by: Luca Miniero
Starring: Claudio Bisio, Alessandro Siani and Angela Finocchiaro
Year of production: 2010
Running time: 102 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Language: Italian / English subtitles

This is a very funny Italian movie – playing with the stereotypical differences between North and South of Italy. Highly recommended!

The story of a southern postal employee unhappily transferred to the north of Italy – A self-pitying northern hero dispatched to the Mezzogiorno. The wife of the film’s hero is the leader of a thinly disguised Northern League vigilante patrol with a sense of civic duty so strong she will not let her son accept a balloon from a street trader unless it is accompanied by a valid tax receipt. When her husband is posted south of Naples she buys him a flak jacket.
What he finds is something at odds with his prejudices. The people of the hilltop town of Castellabate are admittedly incomprehensible but they are friendly, honest and live in a place of heart-stopping natural beauty.

Creatives Garage: Portfolio Review Hangout, Jul. 20 2012 @Pawa254

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The Creatives Garage is a platform meant for Creatives in Kenya to share ideas, meet and network.

On the 20th of July the Creatives Garage will have a Portfolio Review Hangout at Pawa254 hub from 5-7pm.

The six creatives sharing their portfolios are:

1. James Wamathai, a poet, creative connector and online publisher
2. Daphine Okonji, Interior Designer at Elle Interior Designs
3. Cynthia Ogona, poet and radio presenter
4. Macrine Kajuma, Graphics Designer at Ciala Design House
5. Mercy Ngumi of Zawaditele and
6. Connie Aluoch, fashion stylist

The MC for the evening: Muthoni Gathecha

Contacts: twitter @thecreativesg or join/like them on Facebook for more details.

About portfolio Reviews
These are events to whose main mission is to empower Creative Professionals around the world, it is an in-person critique event where six local Creatives present original work and receive feedback from an audience of peers.
The events main purpose is to engage in career boosting conversations, gather creative insights and discover inspiring works.