On April 5, 2008, Hot Sun Foundation held a unique event---bringing together 30 Kenyan film professionals with eleven youth from Kibera for a scriptwriting workshop facilitated by Mary Beth Fielder, University of Southern California, Senior Lecturer at the School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, California, USA. Ms Fielder has written and directed a number of award winning films and was the adviser for the 2007 Emmy award winning short film KIBERA KID, written and directed by Nathan Collett.
Eleven youth from Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum, were chosen from 50 participants at a previous six day filmmaking workshop held March 24-29, 2008 at the Kenya Film Commission. Stephen Oloo, 19 years old, a participant in the workshop commented, "[It has] opened our eyes to see the power of stories in transforming lives and using film to change our future and destiny."
The eleven youth from Kibera interacted with Kenya film industry professionals during the scriptwriting workshop at the Kenya Film Commission. The workshop offered an exceptional opportunity for film industry professionals to further hone their skills working with Ms. Fielder and at the same time being role models for the eleven youth from Kibera, with the possibility of taking them on board as interns in forthcoming projects.
Hot Sun Foundation's goal is to build a core of talented and trained youth in Kibera to develop a global first -- a feature length dramatic film made in an African slum. Fielder recently joined the KIBERA KID feature film project as a co-producer.
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