Daudi Anguka, Whose ‘Mvera’ Was Kenya’s Oscar Entry, on Why African Filmmakers Should Stop Imitating Hollywood (EXCLUSIVE)

At his high school on the Kenyan coast, Daudi Anguka could only get non-speaking roles, like closing and opening doors, in the school’s stage productions. The southeast Kenyan region where he grew up is similarly overlooked by the country’s growing film biz, but Anguka not only produced his directorial feature debut, “Mvera,” there — he […]