Shravan Vidyarthi
- Trip:
- Gatekeepers Kenya 2009
- Affiliation during program:
- Filmmaker
- Year:
- 2009
- Email:
- [email protected]
Shravan Vidyarthi is a filmmaker and photojournalist based in Nairobi and New York. His short documentaries have screened at The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The National Gallery of Art. In 2007, his short documentary about New York taxi drivers aired on PBS and Current TV. His first feature documentary, about Kenya’s first Life magazine photographer, won three awards at the 2008 Zanzibar Film Festival. In 2008/9, Shravan was commissioned by the United Nations to photograph its initiatives in The Republic of Congo, Gambia, and Rwanda.
Shravan holds a BA in English, French, and African Studies from Georgetown University, and a Masters in Media Studies from The New School. He speaks English, French, Swahili, and Punjabi.
Stories
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Video: ‘Voices of Kenya’s Youth’
Kenya’s youth face many challenges including poverty, hunger, lack of employment prospects and an overburdened--and underfunded--education system. Students at the University of ...
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IRP report on PBS’s “Worldfocus”: Prolonged drought devastates Kenya
Water scarcity and land degradation continues to be a cause of concern for Sub-Saharan Africa. In this video the IRP's Shravan Vidyarthi and Christina MacGillivray explore the ...
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Video: New hope for fight against malaria
Malaria is among the world’s leading causes of preventable death. The disease is especially deadly among children under the age of five and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
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Video: Kenya on the edge
Photographs provided by Evelyn Hockstein IRP home page photo by Andrea Crossan Hillary Clinton flew to Nairobi this week to address a US-Africa trade conference, but she had ...
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Video: Odinga: “Africa is in the process of transition…”
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with IRP Gatekeepers on June 7, 2009, for an exclusive one-hour interview. Odinga was the opposition candidate in the disputed presidential ...
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Video: Odinga on US-Kenya relations
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with IRP Gatekeepers on June 7, 2009, for an exclusive one-hour interview. Odinga was the opposition candidate in the disputed presidential ...
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Video: Kenyan PM: “We need to reconcile society”
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with IRP Gatekeepers on June 7, 2009, for an exclusive one-hour interview. Odinga was the opposition candidate in the disputed presidential ...
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Video: Kenyan PM on reform
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with IRP Gatekeepers on June 7, 2009, for an exclusive one-hour interview. Odinga was the opposition candidate in the disputed presidential ...
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Video: Odinga: “This country was at the precipice.”
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with IRP Gatekeepers on June 7, 2009, for an exclusive one-hour interview. Odinga was the opposition candidate in the disputed presidential ...
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Video: Kenyan Prime Minister on question of corruption
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga met with IRP Gatekeepers on June 7, 2009, for an exclusive one-hour interview. Odinga was the opposition candidate in the disputed presidential ...
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