Today's post is pretty special folks. As you know I am all about making sure the masses are aware of the "non-mainstream" issues, because they are just as important (sometimes more) as the popular ones. So I wanted to spotlight this outstanding filmmaker Joshua Bee Alafia and his current project titled "Fashioning Peace in Kenya".
Fashion For Peace united fashion designers from Kenya and across the African continent to raise funds to bring the peaceful homecoming of Internally Displaced Peoples after political violence had taken place in Kenya. "...documenting folks' brutal stories of how they were driven violently from their homes, to being one of many cameras on the high fashion runway, shooting lush, beautiful designs by creation rebels..." are some of the thoughts from filmmaker Joshua Bee Alafia.
Here is a little bit about the project...
The Kenyan Elections of December 27, 2007 sparked a violent reaction that resulted in the displacement of over 500,000 people from their homes, eventually filling tent city IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps. Fashion For Peace is a group of fashion designers and artists from Kenya and across the continent dedicated to raising funds for the peaceful resettlement of those displace peoples. We hear from the visiting Designers Imane Ayissi (Cameroun/Paris), Pathe’Ouedraogo (Cote d’Ivoire), Bayo Adegbe (Nigeria), Kwesi Nti (Ghana), and Paul Herve Elisabeth (Martinique/Paris.) We are now raising funds to finish this documentary and help in the efforts to bring folks back to their homes.
Check out the clip below to get some more insight to this great documentary project...
Alafia said it best, "There are so many stories that need to be told!" For more information go to KICKSTARTER FPIK .
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