“As a husband and wife team, our works are deeply personal journeys of self discovery that also show the power of our shared human experience at a societal level. Living and working in Nairobi all these years, we are constantly struck by theinfectious energy and talent of our peers,but also thecity’s contradictions and struggles.For us, that all comes together in this film.“

Erase, or remember?

While the cleanup & architectural overhaul of the neo-classical building requires a huge team and financial investment, it is the psychological rebuilding of these spaces that requires the most energy.

The building serves as a vehicle to raise important questions about the history and future direction of Kenyan society. Built in 1932 by British settler Lady McMillan, to commemorate the death of her American railroad millionaire husband, the McMillian Memorial Library was built for white use only. It wasn’t until independence in the 1960’s that Africans were permitted access to the library and its collection, which has been left in neglect since, dismissed as someone else’s history.

The film explores a post-colonial identity crisis as it exists for millennials in Kenya today, and shared all over the world: what do we do with this painful history? Erase, or remember?