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Shirleen Wangari Quotes

Kenya

Shirleen Wangari is a Kenyan actress, producer, and writer known for her work in film and television.

Kenya
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We are in the development process for a film with some South African producers, with an aim to start shooting in 2020.

I think people should choose how they want to live their lives, I don’t think you should kill someone because they don’t live their lives the way you want them to live their lives.

I had seen the grand side of filmmaking and I was not willing to settle for less; I just did not know how tough it would be to build a film company. Now I know.

I am yet to get to my highest point as an actress; I have been paying too much attention to building my company, which finally has contracts. Now I can refocus again as an actress.

Another is a co-production with Untitled Films in South Africa of a post-apocalyptic film set in 2037 after the worst heatwave hit the world, killing 80 per cent of the population.

It has been so long since I talked to the old crew. We were really young back then. People grew up and went their separate ways and no we don't have a WhatsApp group.

When the projects disappeared. I had to dig deep and decided there and then to start my own projects since I knew I really liked writing. You can learn a lot from YouTube university.

The film is a preamble to the siege of Mombasa laid on the Portuguese stronghold of Fort Jesus by the Omani Arabs, Mombasa locals and Zanzibaris in the 1600s, which led to the ouster of the Portuguese from the East African coast.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Shirleen Wangari (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.