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Peter Murimi
Peter Murimi is a multiple award-winning documentary director/producer focusing on hard-hitting social issues. His feature-length documentary I Am Samuel (2020) tells the story of a gay Kenyan man’s struggle for acceptance and has been shown at more than a dozen film festivals, including Hot Docs, BFI and Human Rights Watch. Murimi has led numerous investigations for BBC Africa Eye including The Baby Stealers, which exposed a child trafficking syndicate and led to multiple arrests, and Suicide Stories, for which he won the Rory Peck News Features Award. He has made films in thrity African countries for major media outlets including Al Jazeera and Channel 4 News. His first major win was the CNN Africa Journalist of the Year Award for his intimate film about Female Genital Mutilation among his Kuria community, Walk to Womanhood.
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