Is it because I’m a Girl
WEST COAST Premiere | KENYA/MEXICO/USA, 2023, 16 min.
DOC SHORTS BLK 4 – WED JUNE 26 @ 445PM
DIR: Peter Decherney
PROD: Peter Gitau
FEATURING: Naomi Nyiel garang
This is the story of Nao.G, the first South Sudanese woman to perform hip-hop music, dance, and poetry in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Nao.G overcame family abuse and social pressure to create music and poetry that heals her and empowers others. She started a dance troupe of all women. As she says, she is a superstar in the refugee camp, but at the same time she is going nowhere.
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