Nathan Collett

Collett's work focuses on those on the margins of society as well as on environmental issues. He has filmed across the world, including location footage in Somalia and South America. He works both in fictional films and on documentaries, with a specific focus on Kibera in Kenya, Africa's largest shantytown. He is a co-owner of Hot Sun Films, a film/video production and training company. One of Hot Sun Films' projects is the Hot Sun Foundation, a non-profit organization. The organization gives training to the youth of Kibera in film and video, and also started the first film school for local youngsters.{{cite web |author=Hot Sun Foundation |url=http://www.hotsunfoundation.org |title=Hot Sun Foundation |publisher=Hot Sun Foundation |date=2010-06-30 |accessdate=2010-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317101433/http://www.hotsunfoundation.org/ |archivedate=2010-03-17 }}[http://ukwelii.wordpress.com/2009/10/] Ukwelii

The Oath is a 2005 short drama film written by Collett and Njuguna Wakanyote. Set in 1950s Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising under British colonialism, the film portrays the struggle between two brothers on opposite sides of the conflict.

Kibera Kid is a short film set in the Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya. It was written, directed and co-produced by Collett in collaboration with local people in Kibera.

In 2008, Collett directed the short film Charcoal Traffic, which was written by and co-produced with the Somali environmentalist Fatima Jibrell.{{Citation|last=Collett|first=Nathan|title=Charcoal Traffic|date=2008-10-02|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1302554/|accessdate=2018-04-27}} The film was shot on location in Somalia,{{cite web|author=IMDB |url=http://www.imdb.me/nathancollett |title=IMDB Bio |publisher=IMDB |date=2010-06-30 |accessdate=2010-06-30}} and employs a fictional storyline to educate the public about the ecological damage that charcoal production can create.{{imdb title|1302554|Charcoal Traffic}}[http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/113 Fatima Jibrell - Goldman Prize] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511161616/http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/113 |date=2011-05-11 }}

In April 2009, Collett shot his first feature film Togetherness Supreme, in collaboration with the local community in front and behind the camera. It is the follow-up to Kibera Kid and was shot on the Red One camera, the first time the camera was used in Kibera to shoot a feature film. The film is set in Kibera, and focusing on tribal tensions and the possibilities of reconciliation in Africa's largest shantytown. Togetherness Supreme was first shown to the community in Kibera where over 3,000 people turned up for one screening, and over 26,000 people watched it in the community.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzvpD_gLR20/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HzvpD_gLR20 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title= Community Screenings |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2010-11-14}}{{cbignore}} The film has been dubbed "Slumdog without the Millionaires" by the Vancouver International Film Festival, in reference to the 2008 movie Slumdog Millionaire.{{cite web|author= Vancouver International Film Festival |url=http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2010/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=1854/ |title=VIFF |publisher=VIFF |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2010-11-14}} Togetherness Supreme tells a community-based authentic story of love, conflict and reconciliation in the midst of ethnic and political violence.{{cite web |url=http://www.theworld.org/2010/08/04/kenya-film-togetherness-supreme/ |title=The World |publisher=PRI |date=2010-08-04 |accessdate=2010-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810005448/http://www.theworld.org/2010/08/04/kenya-film-togetherness-supreme/ |archivedate=2010-08-10 }}

Collett won multiple awards for the short film Kibera Kid. Togetherness Supreme also won 'Best International Film' at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2011,{{cite web |url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/troubadours-santa-barbara-film-festival-audience-award/ |title=Alt Film Guide |publisher= Alt Film Guide|date=2011-02-07 |accessdate=2011-02-22}} which was the US premiere of the film. Togetherness Supreme also won the Global Landscapes Award at Cinequest film festival 2011 {{cite web |url=http://www.cinequest.org/awards.php |title=Cinequest awards page |publisher=cinequest |date=2011-03-14 |access-date=2011-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604140645/http://www.cinequest.org/awards.php |archive-date=2011-06-04 |url-status=dead }}

Collett's films as a director include:[http://reframecollection.org/filmmakers/filmmaker?Id=985 Refram - Nathan Collett]{{Cite news|url=http://www.cinereach.org/grants/grants-recipients/togetherness-supreme|title=Submissions {{!}} Cinereach|work=Cinereach|access-date=2018-04-27|language=en-US}}

• Togetherness Supreme (2010)[http://www.togethernesssupreme.com Togetherness Supreme] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531173916/http://www.togethernesssupreme.com/ |date=2010-05-31 }}
• Charcoal Traffic (2008)
• Chronic in Kenya (2007)[http://www.current.tv/pods/contraband/PD06171 CHRONIC IN KENYA Short Documentary]
• Sex to Survive (2007){{Cite web|url=http://current.com/items/76353762_sex_to_survive|title=Current – A better way to spend, save and give|website=current.com|access-date=2018-04-27}}
• Kibera Kid (2006)
• The Oath (2005)

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• [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/at-viff-new-perspectives-on-africa/article1741176/ Article on community based approach / Togetherness Supreme]
• [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/kenyans-use-film-to-confront-ethnic-tensions/article1162452/ News article on Togetherness Supreme ]
• [http://www.kiberakid.com/ Kibera Kid]

;Video sites

• [http://www.current.tv/pods/contraband/PD06171 Chronic in Kenya Short Documentary]
• [http://current.com/items/76353762_sex_to_survive Sex To Survive Short Documentary]
• [http://vimeo.com/12669309 link to Togetherness Supreme Trailer Vimeo]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I3SgfHXkuc The Oath Trailer on YouTube]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSV6aW4-sOQ&v3 TV News Report on Kibera Kid, Nathan Collett ]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--dpoO3ACRU Kibera Kid Trailer]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sf_ri_P2NQ Charcoal Traffic Trailer]

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