Film: Kikuyu Land

Watch a special screening of Kikuyu Land, a new documentary co-directed by Emmy Award-winner Andrew H. Brown and Nairobi journalist Bea Wangondu. Released in January 2026, the documentary has been nominated for awards at Sundance Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and The Hague Movies that Matter Festival.

Set in Kenya’s tea highlands, the documentary follows Mr. Mungai, a local claimant pursuing justice for land taken from his family. What begins as a personal claim soon reveals a deeper web of historical erasure, as his fight brings him into conflict with a powerful multinational corporation still operating on contested ground. As Mungai’s case gains momentum, it draws in Bea, a local news producer, whose investigation uncovers buried histories and long-silenced family truths. Their paths expose how the legacy of the empire continues to shape lives in the present. Running alongside this struggle is the story of Stephen, the son of a tea worker, whose childhood unfolds within the very plantations at the center of the dispute. His daily life makes clear that this history is not in the past but ongoing.