Hot Sun Foundation

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Hot Sun Foundation is a project of Hot Sun Films. The Hot Sun Foundation is a non-profit organization that works in Nairobi, Kenya and with the young people of the Urban Slums of Africa to help train and expose their talents and potential on the world stage. Its projects include training the youth from the slums in filmmaking, acting, script writing, camerawork.

Current Projects It is currently working on several projects with the youth of Kibera:

  1. The Kibera Film School, a film school for the youth of Kibera. The film school has been profiled by various news organizations, most recently the LA Times.[1]
  2. Production short fiction and documentary films
  3. Cameras for Kibera.[2] The Cameras For Kibera project is an exchange, people from USA and Europe can donate used video and still cameras and in exchange the youth of Kibera will produce a film for them.
  4. series of short stories
  5. Collaborating with Hot Sun Films on the shoot of the feature film Togetherness Supreme, which was shot in April 2009 on the Red One camera, and as of August 2009 is being edited
  6. Collaborating on the editing of Togetherness Supreme, by providing trainees and working on several behind the scenes pieces.

Past and Ongoing Projects In 2007 it worked with Bay Cat of the San Francisco Bay Area to do the first ever video exchange between the youth of Kibera and the youth of the Bay Area known as 'Call and Response.' [3] In 2008, it conducted several workshops with Kibera youth and Prof. Mary Beth Fielder from the School of Cinematic Arts, USC, in Los Angeles, as well as conducting open air film screenings in Kibera with FilmAid International.[4] In April 2009, it collaborated on the filming of the Togetherness Supreme feature film shot in Kibera and focusing on the themes of tribal conflict and the possibility of reconciliation.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dixon, Robyn (2010-01-01). "Kenya film school gives slum dwellers a shot at success". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-kenya-film-school1-2010jan01,0,6215711.story. Retrieved 2010-06-30. 
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  5. ^ News Article on Togetherness Supreme

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