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A short film to be shot in Kenya later in the month. It’s part of an international collaboration with filmmakers from all over the world. The film will be cut together with footage from all over the world to make a feature film which will be submitted to festivals and distributed worldwide.

The film will be shot in two segments, almost same story, different endings. Both segments require different actors.

Segment 1:
…Characters:

BROWN: He is a middle aged Kenyan man, mustached, classic. He wears a brown ‘Kaunda suit’ and looks like he came straight out of the wardrobe of an eighties politician.
He is rather tall, waify and has a morose demeanor.

TRAIN STATION CLERK: A rather stern and immaculately groomed midget who has the personality of a historical dictator and a razor sharp sense of sarcastic wit. He wears a large cross around his neck, early 50s

Segment 2:

BROWN A thirty-something year old gay male going through a quarter life crisis of sorts. He dresses in drag, chain smoked and is experiencing a metaphorical crossroads in regard to his existence and his relationship with city life in Nairobi and the experiences he’s had within its confines. He’s a tortured but gentle soul. He’s got a lean build and terribly pretty features but talks with a baritone that rivals Barry White’s.

OLD HOMELESS LADY A seventy/eighty year old woman down on her luck in life. She’s been homeless for a while as is evident in her general appearance. She walks with a hunch accompanied by a walking stick, has a face that tells many a story and eyes that carry years of wisdom and kindness behind them. Her quiet demeanor makes her rather cute and endearing while also making her come off as borderline nuts.

**Would be best if you came dressed the part / carried a change of clothes for the parts described.

Time: Wednesday, May 11 · 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Shalom House , Daniel Comboni Rd (off Ngong Road)
St Daniel Comboni Rd, Dagoretti Corner
Nairobi, Kenya

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Love urban music? Graffiti? Do you have your fingers on the pulse of street culture, youth culture, urban culture? Do you think Banksy is a genius? Do you think we have our own Basquiats waiting to be discovered? Do you even know who Basquiat is! Do you see the world in crazy colours and shapes (when sober?). If you answered YES to all the questions, then you are the person we are looking for. We want a fresh and energetic man or woman BELOW the age of 30 to host a new show focusing on arts and creativity in urban settlements Nairobi.

We want new, spunky, engaging, entertaining, hand-on.

Think you are you are all that and more?

Auditions are on 12th May 2011 at Shalom House – Small Board room from 9.00 am

If selected, be ready to shoot that weekend.

Time: Thursday, May 12 · 9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Shalom House Board Room St. Daniel Comboni Road, Nairobi

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New book reveals the many separate facets of Nairobi that rarely intersect.

Read the book review by Rasnah Warah

Daily Dispatches: Nairobi is an innovative exploration through photojournalism of a fast-evolving 21st-century African city, unfolding day by day in real time. We will spend each day of April searching out stories from all corners of Kenya’s capital, stories which will paint a compelling, informative and surprising portrait of the city, and the lives lived by those who call it home. Each day, we will send our images and reports back to a series of US universities and colleges we’re working with, who will in turn print them and mount them in an exhibition which grows day by day.

The second Daily Dispatch is up: Challenges and opportunities for Kibera’s small businesses

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Book directly with dine@nairobi.sankara.com or call +254 20 420 8000
Tickets 4000 KES

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To mark 150 years of Italian unification (1861-2011) The Embassy of Italy and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in collaboration with the Committee for Italians abroad (COMITES) Kenya request the pleasure of your company at the eighteenth concur in the ‘Pianoforte & Friends’ series

L’Opera, Unità d’Italia (The Opera, Unification of Italy) by
Angela Papale (Soprano) & Fabio Marra (Piano)

at the following two venues:

Nairobi
Italian Institute of Culture – Michelangelo Hall
17th March 2011 at 6.30pm for 7pm

Malindi
White Elephant Sea Lodge & Centre of Creativity – Indian Ocean Hall (by the pool)
18th March 2011 at 6.30 for 7pm

ENTRANCE: FREE