The Eulogy

A few weeks back, I get this very interesting email asking me if I was interested in submitting the movie to a new film festival in Nairobi Kenya. I was flattered, but a little taken aback. When I think of Africa, I think of safaris and the Sahara desert — tribesmen hunting wild game in the bush. But I found out that I am very ignorant of the real Africa, especially the real Nairobi Kenya. So, I started doing a little research to try and learn more about Nairobi. As it turns out, Nairobi is a large metropolitan city, some three million strong. Not that I would be opposed to showing ELVIS’ GRAVE in some small village in the middle of the African desert — that might be fun!
But what really gave me a clue that I wasn’t dealing with some out-in-the-bush tribes person, was the email correspondences that I received from a very bright young lady named Mildred. Mildred is the head of the film festival and an extremely funny person with a wonderful spirit. She is a real go getter. It is amazing that a half a world away you can get the sense of her spunky personality through email. She has definitely won me over with her positive attitude and I have pledged my support in helping her in anyway that I can. I hope I can meet her in person some day and maybe she can educate me in Kenyan culture. Goodness knows I could use some educating.
The festival is called ROFFEKE. Which is Swahili for freind. The ROck and roll Film Festival Kenya. Stay tuned for further developments.