Saïkati
{{Short description|Kenyan film}}{{Infobox film
| name = Saïkati
| director = Anne Mungai
| starring = Esther Muthee
Regina Macharia
Eric Babu
Anthony Njuguna
| released = {{Film date|1992}}
| country = Kenya
}}{{Italic title}}
Saïkati is a 1992 Kenyan film directed by the filmmaker Anne Mungai. It was the first feature film by a Nairobi-based female filmmaker.{{cite book|last=Steedman|first=Robin |editor=Kenneth W. Harrow |editor2=Carmela Garritano|title=A Companion to African Cinema|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZORwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA316|year=2018|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-119-10031-7|page=316|chapter=Nairobi-based Female Filmmakers: Screen Media Production between the Local and the Transnational}}
Plot
A young Masai woman has a future determined for her by relatives to marry the son of the chief. However, she plans to improve herself through education. She runs from the village to seek a better life in the capital, Nairobi, where she faces several challenges.{{Cite web|url=http://africultures.com/saikati-the-enkabanni-5392/|title=Saïkati the Enkabanni|last=Barlet|first=Olivier|date=1999-04-30|website=Africultures|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-11-02}}{{Citation|title=Saïkati|url=https://mubi.com/films/saikati|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.spla.pro/ficha.filme.saikati-the-flying-doctor.282.html|title=SPLA {{!}} Saïkati the flying doctor|website=www.spla.pro|access-date=2019-11-02}}
Cast
- Esther Muthee
- Regina Macharia
- Eric Babu
- Anthony Njuguna
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