Kibera Olympic
Within Kenya's progressive youth culture is the Kibera Olympic Boxing Club, a group of low-income adolescents from the slum whose leader uses boxing as a way to engage with idle youth. The group's ethnic diversity is remarkable given Kenya's 2008 post-election violence in which people from several tribes were forced violently out of slums. Together, these boxers represent a nascent trend of cross-tribe brotherhood in a healing nation.
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Publications
— International broadcast distribution through
Exhibitions & Screenings
— 2014 Make Another Look, Stanford University’s Haas Center for Public Service, Accra, Ghana
— 2014 ECU European Independent Film Festival, Official Selection, Strong Enough To Fight
— 2013 United Nations Association Film Festival, Official Selection, Strong Enough To Fight
— 2013 Sidewalk Film Festival, Official Selection, Strong Enough To Fight
— 2013 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Official Selection, Strong Enough To Fight
— 2013 Utopia Film Festival, Official Selection, Strong Enough To Fight
— 2013 The Alexia Foundation: Stories That Drive Change, 25CPW, New York, NY
— 2012 Through Our Lens: Photographers Reflect on Empowerment, 25CPW, New York, NY
— 2012 Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover, Germany
— 2012 Dignity NYC, Exhibit & Auction Benefiting Acumen Fund, Studio 450, New York, NY
— 2012 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
— 2012 SALT Institute for Documentary Studies, Pamoja: Youth Reform in Kenya, Portland, ME
— 2012 Johnson Ferry Art Gallery, Pamoja: Youth Reform in Kenya, Atlanta, GA
— 2011 United Photo Industries 7 over 7, Pamoja: Youth Reform in Kenya, Brooklyn, NY
— 2011 No Festival Required Independent Film Festival, The Performers, Phoenix, AZ
— 2010 HumanKind, powerHouse Arena, New York, NY
— 2010 Ian Parry Scholarship Group Exhibition, Getty Image Gallery, London, England
— 2008 Visa pour l’Image Global Feature on Kenya, Perpignan, France
Accolades
— Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, Short Film Grant Finalist
— Alexia Foundation for World Peace & Cultural Understanding, Student Grant Winner
This project was made possible by The Alexia Foundation for World Peace & Cultural Understanding.
Related Work
Brothers Fight, Shouldering the Burden.
