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Young Somali refugees make films about love, not war

Updated: 2012-05-19 07:31
By Peter Martell in Nairobi ( China Daily)

Young Somali refugees make films about love, not war

A member of the refugee Somali film industry pictured on May 4 at the production studio in the Eastleigh suburb of Nairobi. The filmmakers aim to show a different side of their country. Tony Karumba / Agence France-Presse

Love-struck teenagers, angry parents, rowing couples: Somali youth tired of seeing their homeland portrayed as a war-torn famine zone have started making films to show a different side to their country.

Young Somali refugees make films about love, not war

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