Ekwaβs award-winning and critically acclaimed feature film Farewell Amor premiered in competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, garnering 100% on Rottentomatoes, and was bought for distribution by IFC Films. Previous to that, she has written & directed several shorts, most recently award-winning comedy Soko Sonko (The Market King), andΒ Farewell Meu AmorΒ starring Tony Award nominee Sahr Ngauja, and actress Nana Mensah of the famed seriesΒ An African City. For Farewell Amor Ekwa was awarded the Jerome Foundation Grant, Tribeca All Access Fellowship, Cine Qua Non Lab Fellowship, IFP/No Borders, and Sundance Feature Film Development Fellowship. Ekwa has also written & directed several drama series for mainstream broadcasters in Kenya and MNET South Africa, includingΒ The Agency, MNETβs first-ever original hour-long Kenyan drama series. In the past Ekwa has been adjunct faculty at Tisch School of the Arts, as well as a recurring mentor in Mira Nairβs East Africa based Maisha Screenwriting Labs. Currently, Ekwa is the resident educational instructor with the African Film Festival, and teaches Screenwriting at The New School and Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, Brooklyn College. One of Ekwaβs key goals as an artist is to transform our societyβs images and relationships with African cultures, and to empower African filmmakers in telling their stories.
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KFW Mathare 4A School
2009
- Directed by: Ekwa Msangi
- DP: Eric Ndungβu
A 20 minute documentary commissioned by KFW Bankengruppe to capture their building of a new primary school in one of Kenyaβs poorest slums, Mathare.

The Baba Project
2003
- Directed and edited by:Β Ekwa Msangi
After the sudden death and whirlwind funeral of my father, Prof K.F. Msangi, in January 2003, I found myself back in New York two weeks later with nothing but an album of some old pictures. I picked up the phone and started calling his friends and close family to ask them what they remembered most about his life.
A short film made for my Oral-History class at Gallatin, NYU with Prof. Judith Sloan.

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What an incredible week at the @luxorafricanfilmfestival where @farewellamorfilm took home Best Diaspora Film! Thanks to all these wonderful people for making the week so memorable. Shukran Luxor! @ Luxor, Egypt https://t.co/uRDrcXp5Ds
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Opnes on Thursday 22 april | 6:30PM
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This was such a fun conversation and review!! thank you ladies for your thoughtful breakdown! you have a new fan here as well! https://t.co/Qrs1phtcfI
[NEW EPISODE] This week, we reviewed family-drama #FarewellAmor ππ¨βπ©βπ§ (2020) from dir. @ekwapics. Starring @BewareOfTime, @LadyzjahKitty & #JaymeLawson
LISTEN+SUBSCRIBE π§
#TheNewChitlinCircuit #PodsInColor
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