Ras Star

Kenya, South Africa

2006

27 Min

Color

English

Currently 0.0/5 Stars.
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PROD Anna Morano, Lorna Irungu

CAST Faith Nancy Cowie, Isaac Kiarie, Andrew Muthure, Dinah Omar, Joseph Omari, Catherine Muthoni, Valentine Musyoki

Teenage rapper Amani lives with her devout Islamic uncle and aunt in Nairobi and secretly practices for a talent contest. Her brother Abdosh wants to be her manager. However they become involved with the criminal activities of a local gangster, Mlandimu. —Africulture

Director

Wanuri Kahiu

Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan film director. She has received several awards and nominations for the films which she directed, including the awards for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2009.

Kahiu was born in Nairobi, Kenya. After graduating from the University of Warwick in 2001 with a BSc degree in Management Science, she enrolled for a Master’s Degree at the ‘Masters of Fine Arts’ programme in directing at the School of Film and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Her movie From a Whisper received a total of twelve nominations and earned five awards at the 5th African Movie Academy Awards in 2009. —Wikipedia