OUR NEW PROJECT

Seen here is Josiah Kibira on the set of Kibira Film's new project already in production. Soon after Bongoland II was released, Kibira Films moved on to the next big thing... a documentary... This documentary titled "Two Africas in America"...One African, One American, will examine relationships between Africans and African Americans in the United States. This project has been in the works for a while. The decision to pursue its completion at this time is directly related to the changing plateau of the American political scene especially after the arrival of Obama. "It has been a topic of interest of mine ever since I arrived in the United States but the timing is now perfect " Kibira added.

Kibira Films anticipates that regardless of the outcome of the elections, the discussion of this topic is relevant to both the Africans and the African Americans both of which share a lot in common with Barack Obama. Africans have long held beliefs about African Americans. The documentary will try to distinguish between what is hype and what is real. A part of the project will look at the opinions of Africans in Africa right now in trying to find out where Africans acquire these opinions about African Americans. To examine this, Kibira Films will be in East Africa this December interviewing different subjects.

On the flip side, the documentary has already gathered opinions of many African Americans about Africans. These are very different opinions ranging from thinking that "all Africans are arrogant' to "You sold us during slavery" to "You are sleeping with the enemy". Our job in this documentary is to examine the impact of such beliefs to the relationship with the Africans and differentiate between myths and facts.

In the end, the documentary will look at the reality of the relationship and its future. Do we need each other? If so how can we eliminate the existing tensions, mis-information and myths and If not why?

We look forward to bringing you another challenging and thought provoking epic but this time in a different genre.

Thanks for your continued support.

IN OTHER NEWS:
BONGOLAND II will premiere in the UK at the end of this month…October 30th, 2008.
Please get all the details from this FESTIVAL WEBSITE