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Rafiki

Name: Rafiki
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2018
Duration: 82 min

2018Romance · Drama82 min

4/5

Bright, warm, and made under real risk. That counts.

Two girls in Nairobi, in a film Kenya banned.

Our take

Kena and Ziki fall for each other in a Nairobi estate where their fathers are running against each other for office. Wanuri Kahiu shoots it in candy pinks and blues — she has called her aesthetic Afrobubblegum — and the sweetness is deliberate, a refusal to make African queer life only a story about suffering.

Kenya banned it, then lifted the ban for exactly seven days so it could qualify for the Oscars, and it sold out every screening. The film itself is slight in places. The fact of it is not.

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Scores

Ours

Jibbi Score — 4 out of 5 rainbows. Bright, warm, and made under real risk. That counts.

Also recorded

Rotten Tomatoes — 93%, as recorded on Wikidata — Rotten Tomatoes has no public API, so this is the openly licensed figure rather than a live reading.
TMDB — 7.0 out of 10 from 158 votes, refreshed daily.

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The plot, officially

Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

Synopsis and poster via TMDB.