Silas Miami

Realness African Screenwriters' Residency 2019

Silas Miami is a Kenyan filmmaker and creative consultant. He has directed, written and co-written film and TV projects that include SUPAMODO (2018), LUSALA (2019) and DISCONNECT (2019). He is a Mandela-Rhodes scholar who holds an MA in Media Theory and Practice from UCT. Silas has played a part in crafting truthful and beautiful projects that have served to celebrate and bring light to the endless glory of African storytelling. But these incredible works have, ultimately, served only a fraction of the kind of culturally specific cinematic translation he is currently committed to exploring on screen. Now, his focus remains exclusively trained on producing the kinds of stories that only he can create. These stories are largely inspired by his lived experiences and are framed around his identity markers:

Queer. Black. African.

He believes his gift, the ability to craft truthful reflections in narrative form, is his ancestral inheritance - passed down to him through generations, as part of his genetic heritage. He hopes, through his creative work, to carve out worlds that celebrate identity and cultural ownership as forms of resistance and celebration. He currently resides in Amsterdam with his life-partner, Patrick, and their lazy chocolate lab, Monster.

Email: silas@silasmiami.com

Website: www.silasmiami.com