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CENTERPIECE film @kikuyu.land.film, directed by @andrewhbrown and @beawangondu will play Nov. 7 @ 6:30pm.

TICKETS & PASSES:
https://dxfest.com/films/kikuyu-land/

ABOUT THE FILM:
In Kenya's tea highlands, land seized from Kikuyu families under British colonial rule still grows tea for some of the world's largest corporations. When a Kikuyu man named Mungai brings a legal petition against the British Crown and the tea industry to reclaim his family's ancestral land, Nairobi journalist Bea Wangondu sets out to cover what looks like a long-overdue step toward justice. The story refuses to stay contained. Her reporting leads from plantation towns to corporate headquarters in London, into allegations of abuse and land grabs by politicians including Kenya’s president, and toward secrets her own family has kept hidden. As the people she is investigating start pushing back, the danger to her becomes all too real.

Co-directed with Andrew H. Brown, Kikuyu Land premiered in competition at @sundanceorg and unfolds like a crime thriller, one in which the past is never quite past and the reporter cannot keep herself out of the story.

SEE ALL FILMS, PANELS, AND WORKSHOPS:
dxfest.com

#FilmFestival #FilmFestivals #InvestigativeJournalism #DocumentaryFilm #DocumentaryFilms @huafricanastudies @afrique.wood @huafricanastudies @humanrightswatch @amnestyusa @africansus @kcfa_national @smithsoniannmai

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Introducing “Wild Goose Days,” a film supported through the 2026-27 Redford Center Fellowship for Environmental Film and fiscal sponsorship that follows a Yup’ik radio station along Alaska’s roadless Kuskokwim River that keeps dozens of villages swapping stories, opinions, and reports of what’s in their nets - holding space for dialogue as corporations threaten to reshape the river's future, and villages weigh what that means.

“I grew up on Alaska's Kenai River, the son of a fishing guide and bush pilot,” said Andrew H. Brown, director of the film. “I've watched my own river community lose its voices one at a time. KYUK is a place still holding onto them. There's something special in this increasingly algorithmic and automated world that there's still a place where a small group of people are speaking across thousands of miles of tundra, trusting that someone is listening.”

CREDITS

Directed by Andrew H. Brown (@andrewhbrown)
Produced by Katie Basile (@katiebasilephoto), Mia Vyzis (@miavyzis), & Mike Morrisroe (@mikemorrisroe)

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It takes a team to bring a morning like this to life, and we couldn't do it without the incredible partners behind the 2026 Women in Leadership Breakfast! 💚

From our presenting and event partners to the teams bringing photography, registration, stage design, production, beverages, table décor, and event experiences to life, every detail is made possible through your generosity, creativity, and support.

And to our Marketplace partners, local women-owned businesses, sports teams, and community organizations, thank you for helping us create a space that celebrates connection, leadership, and the power of sports.

A lineup of incredible partners makes one unforgettable morning possible. Thank you all for believing in this event, investing in our community, and helping us celebrate the women who continue to lead and inspire the next generation.

We can't wait to see everyone this Friday! 💚
#WomenInLeadership #SeattleSports #WomenInSportsMonth

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Something is on the air.

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Land is everything. More than a century after ancestral Kenya was under British colonial rule, generations of Kikuyu families are still living with the consequences. In KIKUYU LAND, Nairobi-based journalist Bea Wangondu sets out to investigate the exploitation tea industry workers continue to face. As she presses corporations and government officials for answers, her search for the truth takes an unexpectedly personal turn.' - #Kikuyuland #kenya #tea #film

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Proud to partner with @canonusa on my next feature film in production @wildgoosedays 🪿⚡️Grateful for their generosity & for letting me get my hands on all my favorite cine gear + glass #sponsored

📸 @katiebasilephoto

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on a wild goose chase for @wildgoosedays

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hope you got your ears on • @wildgoosedays

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Kikuyu Land, original documentary feature directed by Andrew H. Brown and Bea Wangondu, is a film I colored last year. This cinematic documentary exposes the cruelty happening today in the tea plantations of Kenya. This film grapples with family secrets, colonial land ownership, government corruption, and the hopefulness of a new generation.

Produced by Trifilm Studios, it premiered at Sundance 2026 World Documentary Competition, and has one Best Documentary Feature at Mountainfilm Fest.

Told through multiple story arcs, there is a color look for each character arch. When we created the film we made each of these all exist within the same world with a natural feel. Some of my favorite scenes are those in candlelight, on a mountaintop at sunset, and all the rich greenery of the land.

Thank you Trifilm, Andrew, and Bea for this film.

Directors: Bea Wangondu @beawangondu, Andrew H. Brown @andrewhbrown
Executive Producers: Mia Vyzis, Amanda Brown, Barbara Terzieff, Tracy Rector,
Produced by Trifilm Studios @trifilm
Global Sales @journeymanpictures
Producers: Moses Bwayo @bwayomoses, Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu, Mike Morrisroe, Joseph Njenga
Cinematographer: Andrew H. Brown
Editor: Andrew H. Brown
Story Consultant: Bruce Stead
Music: Nyokabi Kariuki @nkariuki_ , Keir Vine
Supervising Sound Editor: Eric W. Johnson
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer: Willie Elias Rivera
Colorist: Tess Stuart

@kikuyu.land.film
#documenaries #color #colorgrading #davinciresolve #postproduction

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Kikuyu Land, original documentary feature directed by Andrew H. Brown and Bea Wangondu, is a film I colored last year. This cinematic documentary exposes the cruelty happening today in the tea plantations of Kenya. This film grapples with family secrets, colonial land ownership, government corruption, and the hopefulness of a new generation.

Produced by Trifilm Studios, it premiered at Sundance 2026 World Documentary Competition and has one Best Documentary Feature at Mountainfilm Fest.

Told through multiple story arcs, there is a color look for each character arch. When we created the film we made each of these all exist within the same world with a natural feel. Some of my favorite scenes are those in candlelight, on a mountaintop at sunset, and all the rich greenery of the land.

Thank you Trifilm, Andrew, and Bea for this film.

Directors: Bea Wangondu @beawangondu, Andrew H. Brown @andrewhbrown
Executive Producers: Mia Vyzis, Amanda Brown, Barbara Terzieff, Tracy Rector,
Produced by Trifilm Studios @trifilm
Global Sales @journeymanpictures
Producers: Moses Bwayo @bwayomoses, Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu, Mike Morrisroe, Joseph Njenga
Cinematographer: Andrew H. Brown
Editor: Andrew H. Brown
Story Consultant: Bruce Stead
Music: Nyokabi Kariuki @nkariuki_ , Keir Vine
Supervising Sound Editor: Eric W. Johnson
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer: Willie Elias Rivera
Colorist: Tess Stuart

@kikuyu.land.film
#documenaries #color #colorgrading #davinciresolve #postproduction

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Kikuyu Land, original documentary feature directed by Andrew H. Brown and Bea Wangondu, is a film I colored last year. This cinematic documentary exposes the cruelty happening today in the tea plantations of Kenya. This film grapples with family secrets, colonial land ownership, government corruption, and the hopefulness of a new generation.

Produced by Trifilm Studios, it premiered at Sundance 2026 World Documentary Competition, and has one Best Documentary Feature at Mountainfilm Fest.

Told through multiple story arcs, there is a color look for each character arch. When we created the film we made each of these all exist within the same world with a natural feel. Some of my favorite scenes are those in candlelight, on a mountaintop at sunset, and all the rich greenery of the land.

Thank you Trifilm, Andrew, and Bea for this film.

Directors: Bea Wangondu @beawangondu, Andrew H. Brown @andrewhbrown
Executive Producers: Mia Vyzis, Amanda Brown, Barbara Terzieff, Tracy Rector,
Produced by Trifilm Studios @trifilm
Global Sales @journeymanpictures
Producers: Moses Bwayo @bwayomoses, Andrew H. Brown, Bea Wangondu, Mike Morrisroe, Joseph Njenga
Cinematographer: Andrew H. Brown
Editor: Andrew H. Brown
Story Consultant: Bruce Stead
Music: Nyokabi Kariuki @nkariuki_ , Keir Vine
Supervising Sound Editor: Eric W. Johnson
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer: Willie Elias Rivera
Colorist: Tess Stuart

@kikuyu.land.film
#documenaries #color #colorgrading #davinciresolve #postproduction

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I was honoured to be able to watch an early screener of the documentary “KIKUYU LAND,” revealing Kenya’s dark history of tea land exploitation, stolen land, and sexual violence of the managers, the ‘Overseer Class’ given impunity by the multinational corporations who own them.

I also had the pleasure to interview Andrew H Brown, who co-directed with Bea Wangondu, for my podcast, Tiny Pod Big Impact, where I got to ask some of my many questions and explore his approach to cinema veritas filmmaking. A truly thought provoking conversation and an equally inspiring film.

Bea Wangondu both co-directs and steps in front of the camera to explore her own family history. Generational cycles of extraction, exploitation and oppression continue to this day, leaving the film open ended and unresolved, while also adding to the records of history by sharing these deeply moving personal histories and silenced voices.

The film exposes how British colonial land seizures between 1895 and 1963 displaced indigenous communities from fertile ancestral soils to build massive, highly profitable tea plantations currently run by global multinational conglomerates.

Set in Kenya’s tea highlands, “KIKUYU LAND” follows Mr. Mungai as he pursues restitution for land taken from his family. What begins as a personal battle soon reveals a deeper web of historical erasure and the enduring legacy of colonial dispossession that continues to reverberate across generations.

“KIKUYU LAND” spans history, politics, silenced voices, colonialism, corruption, power, profit, inheritance and oppression.

“KIKUYU LAND” had its World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival, and is released in cinemas throughout the UK on 2nd October 2026.

A beautiful, moving, challenging film that remains with you long after the credits roll.

www.kikuyulandfilm.com/where-to-watch

@andrewhbrown @beawangondu @trifilm @kikuyu.land.film

#film #documentary #kenya #kikuyu #tea

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