Hawa Essuman

Hawa Essuman
Born (1980-01-23) 23 January 1980 (age 44)
Hamburg, Germany
NationalityGhanaian-German
CitizenshipKenyan
Occupations
  • film director
  • producer
Years active2008 - Present
Known forSilas, Soul Boy
AwardsAmnesty International Durban Human Rights Award (2018) and the Audience Award for best documentary at the Riverrun Film Festival (2018).

Hawa Essuman (born 23 January 1980) 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. 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.[1][2] In addition, Hawa has produced a range of TV programmes, commercial films, music videos and adverts.

  1. ^ "Hawa Essuman" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "About the director". African Film Festival New York. Retrieved 6 February 2016.