I Am Samuel
Join us for a digital film festival screening + live Q&A. Watch the film at your own pace, or join us for a shared viewing experience. US audiences can tune in to watch the film along with us on our festival's streaming site.
2:15 PM EDT - Start watching the film
3:30 PM EDT - Join us for a live Q&A w/ filmmaker Peter Murimi and others Film
Samuel grew up on a farm in the Kenyan countryside, where tradition is valued above all else. He moves to Nairobi in search of a new life, where he finds belonging in a community of fellow queer men where he meets and falls in love with Alex. Their love thrives even though Kenyan laws criminalize anyone who identifies as LGBTQ, and together they face threats of violence and rejection. Samuel’s father, a preacher at the local church, doesn’t understand why his son is not yet married and Samuel must navigate the very real risk that being truthful to who he is may cost him his family’s acceptance. Filmed over five years, I Am Samuel is an intimate portrait of a Kenyan man balancing pressures of family loyalty, love, and safety and questioning the concept of conflicting identities.