King Kaka becomes first Kenyan musician to grace Cannes red carpet in 72years

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The Dundaing hitmaker, King Kaka, has been touring many nations for his music tour. He is among other international artistes who are attending the 72 edition of Cannes film festival 2019. This comes after his Eastlando Royalty tour at the US. He made the history of becoming the first Kenyan musician to grace the red carpet in 72 years.

The Kenya Film Classification Board CEO, Ezekiel Mutua, is also among the attendees. Other celebrities attending are; Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloe Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Selena Gomez, and Tom Waits.

These are the films to look out for in Cannes 2019; The Dead Don’t Die, which also features Selena Gomez, Chloe Sevigny and a brilliant cameo by the undead coffee-addicted Iggy Pop, earlier saw Steve Buscemi lampoon US President Donald Trump’s signature Make America Great Again cap.

His character donned a similar one bearing the slogan Keep America Racist Again. There were fits of laughter across the press screening throughout, though, and none more so than when Murray appeared to briefly nod off during a meandering pre-screening speech by French comedian Edouard Baer.

The opening ceremony was simultaneously beamed into 600 cinemas across France. Stars of The Dead Don’t Die headed off into the lively Cannes night.

Art no fame. The film festival is expected to get even more political as the week goes on, thanks to new works by socially-conscious Cannes veterans Ken Loach and Terrence Malick, as well as the first ever competition-listed film by a black woman – in the form of Mati Diop’s Atlantics.

Iñárritu and the eight-strong panel will watch and then discuss the merits of all 21 films in competition over the next fortnight. The winner will be awarded the esteemed Palme d’Or prize at the festival finale and the boss declared on Tuesday that the panel would make a decision based on “the art” and not “the name or fame” of each director’s offering.

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