#7: Finding fluency in courage- Sam Soko on storytelling, filmmaking and taking chances

 

In this episode the duo host Sam Soko (Instagram)(Facebook)  and talk making documentary film projects, film making policies, festivals across the world including a premier at Sundance, family, success, protests, showers in places whose walls you wouldn't want to touch, Softie, faith in humanity and more!

 

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Sam Soko is a Kenyan - better yet African filmmaker; a director, producer, writer and editor. He is a co-founder of LBx Africa (Facebook), the Kenyan production company credited for on ground work for the 2018 Academy Award-nominated short fiction film 'Watu Wote'. The film Softie, his first feature documentary project, premiered at the 2020 Sundance film festival winning a special jury prize for editing and has gone on to win numerous film awards across the world. He is an outspoken defender of freedom of expression and has taken part in global conversations on how to make media matter when the world is on fire. With a background in theatre, he is now most recognized for his work in his canvas of choice; socio-political projects in both music and film.

 

Some Show notes:

-https://www.softiethefilm.com/

-https://www.sundance.org/projects/softie

 

Books mentioned:

-Pachinko

-Between the world and me

 

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