Stories are mirrors | Ken Oolo | TEDxKamitiPrison

Ken Oolo runs an organization called Filamujuani, which means Films in the Sun in Kiswahili, that teaches the youth from vulnerable communities to tell their own stories in their own way. The youth in the project create their own television shows. They create television shows that they would want to watch. Shows about them that they would want people to watch. They create characters and develop situations that the characters have to go through. They choose the heroes and the villains in their stories. Ken Oolo runs an organization called Filamujuani, which means Films in the Sun in Kiswahili, that teaches the youth from vulnerable communities to tell their own stories in their own way. The youth in the project create their own television shows. They create television shows that they would want to watch. Shows about them that they would want people to watch. They create characters and develop situations that the characters have to go through. They choose the heroes and the villains in their stories. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx