The Actress, The Advocate, The Disruptor: Nice Githinji Comes Full Circle
Nice Githinji’s journey from actor to intimacy coordinator and film curator who is reshaping Kenya’s cinema culture through Boma Film Nights.
Jennifer Ochieng' is a film/TV enthusiast, film journalist, publicist and writer with 8 years experience working in the film and TV industry in Kenya. She is passionate about bridging the gap between the Kenyan audience, the media and the film industry. She's also the founder and editor of Sinema Focus, and a failed poet who daydreams of going back to it one day.
Nice Githinji’s journey from actor to intimacy coordinator and film curator who is reshaping Kenya’s cinema culture through Boma Film Nights.
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