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Rhoda Gachui
Nairobi, Kenya
Producer/Director/Writer
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Title/Occupation:  Cinematographer  Director  Producer  Researcher  Writer 
Gender: Female
Race: African-American/Black
Languages Spoken: English, Kiswahili, basic Spanish

Biography: 

Filmmaker Rhoda Gachui was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. She studied journalism at the United States International University, Africa. She has worked as a cameraperson, director, producer, presenter and scriptwriter on various projects.

Rhoda has earned media awards such as Religious Writer of the Year at the Kenyan Journalist of the Year Awards (JOYA), in 2005. The award was in recognition of her documentaries on Kenya’s religions, which were aired on Tazama! a Kenyan TV and Radio show. She was also nominated as the Children’s Rights Journalist of the Year and Education Journalist of the Year, at the same award ceremony for her work on Tazama!

Over the years, media has been for Rhoda, a point of growth to entertain, educate and engage others as well as herself, in meaningful conversations on various topics. She has been an advocate for telling the stories that need to be told; stories that have been ignored or forgotten, yet they reflect a social need.

Rhoda is currently based in Nairobi, Kenya.