In My Genes
Appearance
In My Genes | |
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Directed by | Lupita Nyong'o |
Screenplay by | Lupita Nyong’o |
Produced by | Lupita Nyong’o |
Cinematography | Willie Owusu |
Edited by | Lupita Nyong’o |
Music by | Coire Williams |
Release date | 2009 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | Kenya |
In My Genes is a Kenyan 2009 documentary film by the Kenyan filmmaker Lupita Nyong'o.
Synopsis
How does one live as a white person in a dominantly black society? What does one feel being one of the most visible persons and, probably, one of the most ignored? Agnes, an albino woman in Kenya, feels it daily. Ever since she was born, she has had to deal with the prejudices that surround albinos. In My Genes bears witness to the lives of eight people who suffer discrimination due to a simple genetic anomaly.
Awards
- Festival de Cine Africano de México 2008
References
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)