Hawa Essuman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hawa Essuman

Kenyan film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1980

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Hawa Essuman

  • Hawa Essuman (born 1980) is an award-winning film director based in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Her 2017 feature-length documentary Silas, co-directed with Anjali Neyar, tells the story of Liberian environmental activist Silas Siakor's fight to preserve the country's rainforests from commercial logging.
  • The film won multiple awards, including the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award (2018) and the Audience Award for best documentary at the Riverrun Film Festival (2018).
  • Hawa's first feature film, Soul Boy (2010), also received a series of awards.
  • In addition, Hawa has produced a range of TV programmes, commercial films, music videos and adverts.

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