116 The Most Dangerous Lie You Believe Daily with Nyakundi Isaboke
We invited Nyakundi Isaboke back on the show and within minutes he was already dismantling every excuse that Kenyan filmmakers, content creators and investors hide behind. He did not sugarcoat anything. We talked about why Kenya is still invisible on the global film map despite all the talent? Why Kenyan audiences choose piracy over supporting their own and why people busy building streaming platforms with absolutely nothing worth watching on them?
We found out that Kenyans are not watching Kenyan content because either Kenyan content is not good enough yet, the infrastructure is broken, the investment mindset is wrong, the marketing is nonexistent or filmmakers are too busy waiting to be saved instead of saving themselves.We even did talk about arranged marriages, Nairobi slay queens, men who can't fund relationships, and why your mother might actually know better than you do when it comes to picking a partner… and at the end of it all he hits you with a philosophy so simple it almost sounds stupid. Until you realize you've never actually done it.
We think you’ll enjoy this episode!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
3:15 CHAPTER 1 - CINEMA’S LIES
3:22 Most artists across Africa have dropped their colonial baptismal names.
6:22 Why does CIA put a massive investment in Hollywood?
8:39 Eugene Mbugua and the reality TV model.
15:06 Film is a business. Do Abel Mutua and Philip Karanja get it right.
17:37 If Hollywood has hacked the structure Why Kenya can't we replicate Hollywood yet?
21:06 The shocking cinema infrastructure crisis
34:08 How Nyakundi and Kieran Popo built something from nothing.
34:48 CHAPTER 2 - HOW FILM SHAPES LIVES
35:06 The humble beginnings nobody talks about
35:40 Making the first Kenyan Hip-Hop film.
38:17 The juiciest moment in From Kisii With Love’s plot.
39:39 CHAPTER 3 - REAL LOVE IS DEAD
40.36 Why love was the first culprit!
52:02 The painful reality of the writing process
53:09 The Nollywood lesson We need to learn.
1:04:31 Shaping the narrative of the new Africa
1:08:09 The most quotable moment of the episode
1:11:03 The Philosophy to rethink
1:16:17 What Space, The Moon and Artemis II would look like
Watch:
From Kisii with love: • FROM KISII WITH LOVE (KENYAN MOVIE) .
Ogato's Short, Where Flowers Bloom: https://vimeo.com/149606703?fl=pl&fe=sh
Kibanda 5 star: • KIBANDA 5star EPISODE 1
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