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Hawa Essuman (born 1980) is a film director based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her 2017 feature-length documentary Silas, co-directed with Anjali Neyar, tells the story of Liberian environmental activist Silas Siakor's fight to preserve the country's rainforests from commercial logging.
- 23 January 1980, Hamburg, Germany
- Ghanaian-German
- Kenyan
- 2008 - Present
View Hawa Essuman’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Writer / Director of award winning feature & documentary films · Hawa is a multi award winning...
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- Nairobi, Kenya
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Hawa Essuman. Director. Biography. Kenya. Hawa Essuman performed in and worked on several theatre plays and a couple of films before she made her way into the world of production and then, eventually behind the camera.
Hawa Essuman. Director: Soul Boy. Hawa Essuman was born in 1980 in Hamburg, Germany. She is a director and actress, known for Soul Boy (2010), Silas (2017) and Selfish? (2008).
- Director, Actress, Writer
- Hawa Essuman
17 Sep 2010. 7 mins. | News & Views | An interview with Soul Boy director Hawa Essuman. Reporter Sarah interviews Soul Boy's co-director, Hawa Essuman. Set in Nairobi, Kenya, when 14 year-old Abila's father becomes ill and delirious, Abila is shocked and confused but wants to help his father and goes in search of a suitable cure.
Feb 5, 2015 · Kenyan-Ghanaian filmmaker and actress Hawa Essuman ’s fascination with telling stories with pictures and sound led her to filmmaking via commercials and TV, which she continues to nurture as full-time fortunate indulgence. Her feature film Soul Boy (2010) was screened in over 40 festivals around the world and honored with several awards.