Hawa Essuman
Kenyan film director and screenwriter · Kenya · On the map · Directors · Born 1980 · age 46
Hawa Essuman 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.
Hawa Essuman is read about 2 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 22 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Joy's GardenFilm, Producer2018
SilasFilm, Director2010
Soul BoyFilm, Director1980Born23 January 1980People around Hawa
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About this person
The film won multiple awards, including the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award (2018) and the Audience Award for best documentary at the RiverRun International Film Festival (2018). Hawa's first feature film, Soul Boy (2010), also received a series of awards. In addition, Hawa has produced a range of TV programmes, commercial films, music videos and adverts.
