User:Addamms Mututa

Welcome.
This page seeks to gather factual and critical information about the role of film in nurturing social equity. I am passionate about researching and writing on issues relevant for development and empowerment. My motivation is two-fold: to gather deep insight about mediating social change and harmony through scholarship and research in the area of Gender in Cinema; and to apply such knowledge in motivating individuals (and society) to live better lives and seek inter-gender understanding. Previously, I have written a brief blog about the potential of Kenya's Film Industry... You can check it out here.

Importance.
Considering the massive increase of multimedia resources consumption in the world, it is clear where the masses are heading. Cinema (and other forms of visual media) will be key to disseminating information. By joining hands to discover how women are represented alongside men in the visual media, we will be entering a scene of social dialogue between gender. This is not a radical imagining, but a quest to understand society and negotiate harmony and peace through visual media.

Strategy.
By constantly adding to this page, we would build a community of like-minded people from all over the globe. But the best results will be by training especially women to tell their stories from their experience. Perhaps this spells out an urgent need to incorporate good training for students of new media to equip them not for just careers, but for lives of true advocacy. Currently, this approach is not in practice in many African and other developing countries. But its importance is well understood. New approaches of arts training are being suggested, and would probably be explored. The artist is a special voice of the society, and empowering the artist is strengthening a frail voice to speak more earnestly and truthfully. This is a fundamental bass for transformation.

Finally.
Since this page is just starting, please feel free to participate. Better understanding is realized through open-minded interactions. Simply put, let us join hands and make for men and women a better peaceful world.

The author is a postgraduate student of Film and Gender Studies at Moi University, Eldoret. Visit the academia profile.