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The Way He Looks
Why this pick
Its warm, gently paced first-love story shares Rafiki’s buoyant tenderness: friendship and small daily freedoms gradually open into a romance shaped by family and peer expectations.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2018 1h 22m KEN
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Kena helps her father John Mwaura run a small convenience store in Nairobi as he campaigns for a local election. Kena lives with her mother, who isn't really on speaking terms with John. Kena starts flirting with Ziki, a neighbourhood girl with colourful hair, who also happens to be the daughter of Peter Okemi, John's political rival.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Charlie Karumi
Waireri