Kenya’s 2025 Oscar submission Nawi is a rites-of-passage story that throws a spotlight on the little-known and subject of child marriage.
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This is not at all fanciful; according to recent UNICEF statistics, every fourth girl in Turkana is married underage. And as we find out in this conversation with the film’s creative team, it is a subject very personal to the film’s writer, Milcah Cherotich.“Two very special people in my life inspired me to write the story,” she explains.
The winning entry in a writing competition hosted by the N.G.O. Learning Lions, Cherotich’s screenplay came to the attention of German directing duo Tobias and Kevin Schmutzler. “We are social impact filmmakers,” explains Kevin, “meaning we look for narratives that can spark movements, that can create change in the real world.
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