Wanuri Kahiu

Wanuri Kahiu is a filmmaker, speaker, and science fiction writer. Kahiu’s award-winning film RAFIKI, was the first Kenyan film to be invited to Cannes Film Festival and has since won multiple awards across the world. Kahiu is a cultural leader for the World Economic Forum, an advocate for Freedom of Expression, and an AFROBUBBLEGUM activist – championing the need for the creation and curation of fun, fierce, and frivolous African art. Kahiu is a director for WASHINGTON BLACK for Hulu/ 20th Century Fox which completed principal photography in 2022 - an adaptation of the book by Esi Edugyan. She’s the director of the NETFLIX film, LOOK BOTH WAYS starring Lili Reinhart, Luke Wilson, and Nia Long, released in August 2022, and is attached to direct ONCE ON THIS ISLAND for Disney. Kahiu was named TIME’s 100 Next in 2019.