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Sincerely Daisy
''Sincerely Daisy'' is a 2020 Kenyan coming-of-age romantic comedy film produced and directed by popular actor Nick Mutuma. The film stars Ella Maina, Brian Abejah, Sam Psenjen and Mbeki Mwalimu in the lead roles. The film was released in Netflix on 9 October 2020 and became the first ever Kenyan feature film to be released via Netflix. It is also the second Kenyan film to be released in the platform after short film ''Poacher''. The film became one of the highly anticipated films in Netflix after its trailer was released on 2 September 2020. Plot The film revolves around the life of a happy high school graduate (Daisy) played by Ella Maina, whose dreams, expectations, passion and confidence are significantly affected by family and romantic drama. Cast * Ellah Maina as Daisy * Brian Abejah as Collo * Sam Psenjen as Fred * James Webbo * Serah Wanjiru as Amina * Francis Ouma as Kyalo Mistari * Kagambi Nass * Mbeki Mwalimu as Wendy * Foi Wambui as Lisa * Muthoni Gathecha P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Mutuma
Nicholas Munene Mutuma is a Kenyan actor, producer, television/radio host and corporate emcee. He has been working professionally since 2008. Born in Meru, Mutuma grew up iDar es salaam Tanzaniawhere he completed his primary education before joining Braeside school Nairobi for his secondary exams. His first break on TV happened when he was cast in the Citizen TV show, "Tabasamu", portraying the character Luka. His role in a drama series, Shuga where he acted alongside Lupita Nyong'o became his big break in his stage performance. In 2015, Mutuma featured in a popular web series; "This Is It", which became very successful with over one million views in the first 5 months. Early life Born in Meru, Kenya and had a far family which he never spoke about. Nick Mutuma grew up in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he completed his primary school education at the International School of Tanganyika. It was during his early years that he discovered his love for performance arts, and would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbeki Mwalimu
Mbeki Mwalimu is a Kenyan actress, producer and director with over 10 years of theater and TV experience. She began her career in Kenya's theatre scene in 2004 at Mbalamwezi Players before joining the Festival Of Creative Arts (FCA) in 2007 and has since become a household name as a stage and screen actor, production manager, stage director and producer. She is famed for stage plays within FCA and for her role as Zoe Mackenzie in the 2018 Swahili telenovela ''Selina'' on Maisha Magic and has also been featured in the film ''Sincerely Daisy'', which premiered on Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ... on October 9, 2020. Career She has worked as a TV presenter at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and hosted the shows ''Good Morning Kenya'' and ''The Ultimate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Rimbui
Tim Rimbui (born 3 August 1981), better known as ''Ennovator is a Kenyan record producer, sound engineer and songwriter who has worked with many prominent Kenyan and East African artists. He is generally thought of as one of the leading music producers in Kenya. With the foresight of being creative, innovative and unique he chose the name Ennovator, which would best describe his sound and approach to music production. Musical background Tim fell in love with music at an early age while attending Sunday school at Lavington United Church, Nairobi. He later started playing the piano and keyboards at the age of 9. Tim was inspired early in his life to pursue music as a career after watching five alive – a Kenyan a cappella group that graced the Kenyan music scene in the early 1990s. He studied music in high school – at Nairobi School and later aSt. Mary’s School, Nairobi He also received music training in theory and recording from Wisseloord Studios anThe Rock Academyin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming-of-age Film
Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event, as practiced by many societies. In the past, and in some societies today, such a change is associated with the age of sexual maturity (puberty), especially menarche and spermarche. In others, it is associated with an age of religious responsibility. Particularly in western societies, modern legal conventions which stipulate points in around the end of adolescence and the beginning of early adulthood (most commonly 18, with the range being 16-21) when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult) are the focus of the transition. In either case, many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age, and coming-of-age storie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poacher (film)
''Poacher'' is a 2018 Kenyan / British short film directed by Tom Whitworth. The film received wide international attention after its release in Netflix in September 2020. It also became the first ever Kenyan film to be released via Netflix. Plot Shot in a dramatic film format, ''Poacher'' tells the story of a desperate farmer who runs into trouble after stealing a stash of blood ivory from a gang of international terrorists. The film seeks to highlight the significant international issue of illegal ivory trade by addressing the plight of Africa's endangered elephant population. Cast * Brian Ogola as Mutua * Davina Leonard as Nicola Betts * Lenny Juma as Juma * Shiviske Shivisi as Ngina * Olwenya Maina as Hassan Production ''Poacher'' was filmed over six days in the Tsavo West National Park to the South East of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The production involved over 30 cast and crew members. Director Tom Whitworth teased the first official still of the film on 10 April 2018, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actors, director, cinematographer or sound engineer and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. In addition, there are numerous roles that serve the organization and the orderly sequence of the production, such as grips or gaffers. Other roles are related with the preparation of a daily production report, which shows the progress of the production compared to the schedule and contains further reports. This includes the storyboard with instructions for the copier and the editing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kenyan Films
This is an alphabetical list of films produced in Kenya. 0-9 *''40 Sticks'' (2020) *''14 Million Dreams'' (2003) *'' 18 Hours'' (2017) *''6000 km di paura'' (1978) B *''The Baisikol'' (1997) *''Balloon Safari'' (1975) *''Boran Herdsmen'' (1974) *''Boran Women'' (1974) C *''Chokora'' (2005) *''The Constant Gardener'' (2005) * '' Click Click Bang '' (2022) D *''The Dance for Wives'' (2009) *''Dangerous Affair'' (2002) *''Disconnect (2018 film)'' F *''The First Grader'' (2010) *''Flip Flotsam'' (2003) *'' Forest Chainsaw Massacre'' (2006) *''From a Whisper'' (2008) *'' Fundi-Mentals'' (2014) G *''Gari Letu Manyanga (Our Hip Bus)'' (2007) *''Grave Yard by Cezmiq Cast'' (2014) * ''The Great betrayal'' (2001) * ''Game of Wits'' (2017) H *''Haba na Haba'' (2013) *''The Hammer'' (by Cezmiq Cast 2015) *''Hemingway, the Hunter of Death'' (2001) *'' House of Lungula'' (2013) I *'' I Want to Be a Pilot'' (2006) *''In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro'' (1986) *''The Invisible Workers'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Films
2020 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2019, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year The year was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous films originally scheduled for theatrical release postponed or released on video on demand or streaming services. However, it is to be kept in mind that several film companies stopped reporting box-office numbers during this time due to the pandemic, and several films were still in theatres where guidelines enabled them so. As a result, numbers will grow if they are re-released in the future to compensate for the impact this pandemic has had on consumers and film-watchers. Highest-grossing films The top films released in 2020 by worldwide gross are as follows: After being re-released in 4K in China, earning $26.4 million, the overall gross for the 2001 film ''Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s Coming-of-age Comedy Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
