A night of creativity and stories that move you 🎬✨ Join Maia & the Big Sky & Christopher King , the award-winning creative pair behind some of Kenya’s most powerful films, on The Wind Down Open Mic. Live tonight with Halaiki & Kisiangani, 8PM–10PM only on Radio Generation 88.8 FM.

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🎬 Did you miss out on NBO tickets? Worry not. Directors Christopher King and Maia Lekow have a message for you. 💛 Stay tuned for updates on when and where you can catch How To Build A Library on the big screen before the year ends. #HowToBuildALibrary #NBOFilmFest

What a journey it’s been watching How To Build A Library connect with audiences around the world. Every screening, every conversation, every city has added a new chapter to this story. And now… tomorrow, we bring it all home at #NBOFilmFest. 🇰🇪 #HowToBuildALibrary #NBOFilmFest

🎬 Official trailer - How To Build A Library. A story born in Nairobi, built for the world… and now, coming home. See you tonight at @nbofilmfest! #HowToBuildALibrary #NBOFilmFest #AfricanCinema #KenyanStories

🎬 The day is finally here! In just a few hours, How To Build A Library opens the NBO Film Festival 2025, right here at home. 📍 Opening Night — NBO Film Festival 🕗 7:00 pm 🏛 Prestige Cinemas 🎟 INVITE ONLY #HowToBuildALibrary #NBOFilmFest

Watched #HowToBuildALibrary today [Abigail Arunga 🌺 is doing its PR]. Such an important film you should all watch! Love the work Book Bunk is doing & so happy to see their mission shared on the big screen for #NBOFilmFest.9/10👌🏾 (p.s: Sakaja Arthur Johnson please honour your pledge👀)

Very thankful to be part of the team pushing this excellent movie in Kenya. Go see #HowToBuildALibrary if you can, it's showing at Kaloleni Social Hall tomorrow, FOR FREE! From 5pm. How To Build A Library And yes. Honour your pledges. 👀

One of the most important films on #NBOFilmFest has to be How To Build A Library. Following Wachuka, Wanjiru Koinange and Book Bunk team as they reclaim and renovate the McMillan Memorial Libraries. Question: what do we do with colonial legacy?

It was amazing meeting and engaging with everyone who came through for our @nbofilmfest screening at Unseen Nairobi. We had a full house and a beautiful conversation with co-director Maia & the Big Sky and cast member, Angela Wachuka moderated by Sheba Nyathama Hirst . 💛 #HowToBuildALibrary

🙏🏽Thank you to the @nbofilmfest for the incredible honour of opening this year’s festival and giving How To Build A Library the chance to premiere right here at home. Endless gratitude to everyone who came through to celebrate with us. #HowToBuildALibrary #NBOFilmFest

🇰🇪 Nairobi, you’ve shown so much love to How To Build A Library and we’re so happy to share there’s another chance to catch the film this week! 🎬 Wakati Wetu Festival 📅 Wednesday, 22nd October 🕓 4:00 PM 📍 Entim Sidai 🎟 Tickets → linktr.ee/WakatiWetuFest #HowToBuildALibrary

🎬 How To Build A Library is officially part of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (@idfafestival) one of the world’s leading showcases for documentary cinema. 🌍 ▶️festival.idfa.nl/en/film/f66ed1… See you soon, Amsterdam! 💛 #HowToBuildALibrary #IDFA2025

Nairobi it is still your time🥳

🇬🇧 London, we’re coming your way! How To Build A Library screens at Bertha DocHouse this Monday, 27th October at 6:20 PM, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Maia Lekow and Christopher King 🎟 Tickets: dochouse.org/event/how-to-b… #HowToBuildALibrary #DocumentaryFilm #AfricanCinema

✈ All the places you can catch How To Build A Library this month! Our journey continues... from Kenya to screens around the world, the film is connecting with new audiences and sparking incredible conversations wherever it goes. 💛 #HowToBuildALibrary #DocumentaryFilm

🇪🇬Just concluded the How To Build A Library MENA Premiere at the 2025 El Gouna Film Festival...with two beautiful screenings at Sea Cinema 2 on October 22nd and 23rd. We’re so excited to keep taking this film to more audiences around the world. 💛 #HowToBuildALibrary

HOW TO BUILD A LIBRARY has received a Special Jury Mention at the 2025 El Gouna Film Festival Festival! 🏆 "...it quietly but powerfully affirms that preserving knowledge is preserving our humanity.” - Jury #HowToBuildALibrary #ElGounaFilmFestival #KenyanFilm #BookBunk

🎥 “El Gouna feels like a bit of a dream… stunning and beautiful, and fascinating to see such investment in the arts, film, and cinema.” — Christopher King, co-director of How To Build A Library. #HowToBuildALibrary #ElGounaFilmFestival2025 #DocumentaryFilm El Gouna Film Festival