Maia Lekow

2025Filmmaker
Written By Adrienne Robineau

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Maia Lekow is an award-winning Kenyan filmmaker and musician. Maia fuses her music with a fascination of people and culture to make deeply personal and multi-layered films. Working together with husband Christopher King, their debut feature-documentary The Letter, Kenya’s Official selection to the 93rd Academy Awards, explores the inter-generational conflict currently happening within Maia's father's homeland, coastal Kenya. Maia also co-composed an original score for the film, collaborating with Emmy-Award winning composer Ken Myhr. The Letter recently received an award at the Fespaco film festival from the African Union for promotion of peace and non violence. Maia was named a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR on World Refugee Day 2013, and she received an African Movie Academy Award for her song ‘Uko Wapi'. The duo are directing two films currently in production.

In 2025, Maia Lekow will attend:

  • Gala Dinner

  • Filmmakers Parade

Adrienne Robineau https://isabelbay.com
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