Colours Are Alive Here: A Kenyan fashion designer | Africa Direct Documentary

David Ochieng, also known as 'Avido', is a Kenyan designer whose brand is making a noise in the fashion industry. But while his clothes are sold around the world, he stays true to his roots in Nairobi’s Kibera slum.
Colours Are Alive Here, by filmmaker Seydou Mukali, steps into his bustling life to see the young designer in action as he gets a new pop-up event off the ground. The film chronicles the creative life of this inspirational "son of the slums", who remains deeply grounded in his community as his successes reach great heights.
Seydou Mukali is a Kenyan writer/director based in Nairobi. He has produced content for television and film for more than a decade. His feature film Veve won several awards and was acquired by Netflix. He is developing his next feature film based on Kenyan history, Searching For Lebo.
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[@tapmagazine]

Our team enjoyed working with Avido and putting this together. We're grateful to Big World Cinema and Africa Direct for the opportunity to tell fresh African Stories.

[@jayp2623]

This was awesome! Watching from the US 🇺🇸!

[@tapmagazine]

@@jayp2623 Thank you

[@emiliobello2538]

Kenya is such a beautiful country

[@uzzyonline]

Thank you Al Jazeera for showing the pride of africa 🇰🇪

[@beastshawnee]

Great job being creative and designing good things! Also great job employing others and keeping it going. Do your best for those sewing for you and for your community and you make the world proud!

[@joycemburu8041]

Good job Avido.. Its good to see young men making a life of themselves its really inspiring

[@navywoman7709]

He’s a tough go-getter, using his talents and positivity: he believes in himself ❣️👍🏻

[@vintagechild4418]

Hope things go well, will be watching for your label in USA.

[@leannbridwell1853]

I love watching learning about the vibrant life of Africa in all its countries

[@leannbridwell1853]

Keep your passion alive ! You’re doing great 👍

[@livefromplanetearth]

yes beautiful ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@W_A_G_M_I]

Top tier man. I love this!

[@leannbridwell1853]

All the luck and blessings in the world for you and your success!

[@sakhu8945]

He’s talented and a hard worker. He will succeed.

[@jjblessprincess7236]

Good job Bro keep it up💯💯💯
May the lord bless you🙏

[@humpbacksquarepants5580]

Beautiful Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@michiibelle777]

Awesome!!! Loved this film. Love Avido!

[@Mfalmejames]

Kenya to the world ... make way for many of us👊🏽👊🏽big up big bro

[@JordanInaan]

Beautiful Character, Beautiful Story 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@afrakanaswahilitv5520]

This is exactly what we need to be done in Afrika. Produce and buy locally. "Tuko pamoja milele daima."

[@tka-tpa-prapatankalisari45192]

O admin.
Thanks for your tolerance with me..
O admin.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
And May God's peace 🌍🌏🌎 be upon you all:
Staff and Crew of the 🌏Al Jazeera Group 🌍🌎!
Good luck to you all.
GOD BLESS US EVERYONE 🌍🌏🌎!
Thank you.
******

[@OjaysReel]

All the best brother!

[@leannbridwell1853]

Please don’t lose yourself and your originality once you feel successful.

[@missymoppel]

Brilliant. Talented. Creative. Ambitious. Well done.

[@WTYK8]

Proud of Avido🎉.

[@crystalharris7394]

God Bless

[@_.Teenskin]

Kenyan designers to the world🏹

[@leannbridwell1853]

Love the colours!

[@diktator1889]

Good work AJ

[@WTYK8]

Avido ❤

[@b.k.5659]

The Jackets are great, al the best Alvido

[@milimomedia]

An inspiring story. Fantastic film!

[@ceebee51]

Just watched this in the UK. The world needs to see more of Africa's great talents 🙌🏾

[@yarnphilosopher9731]

Creative people are never bored. When we are not actively creating, we are imagining what we can create. ❤

[@leannbridwell1853]

Love the hat! Line it with those glorious fabrics?! And a long tie to hold it on. Beautiful! Kibera mosaics !

[@africanresource920]

Amedungia kijeje😂😂

[@tka-tpa-prapatankalisari45192]

This words | can't to translate by goole!

[@leannbridwell1853]

A very special bonus for employees I’d s delicious beautiful meal st end of work shift. I’ve always done this for my employees and they love it. Say it makes them feel they’re cared about. We all are hungry after work

[@SusanAmoit-d4k]

Congrats 👍

[@everlineotiego]

Hi David can I get a job here please

[@koomemugambi]

Great feature

[@leskanes3838]

Beautiful

[@sakhu8945]

What language is he speaking?

[@ngwenoh.e9725]

That's Swahili,the fastest growing language in Africa.

[@aloh5613]

Still benefiting from the colonialists.....
I'm sure that sowing machine is not native to Africa 😂😂

[@malcolmodoy2651]

You are just a hateful person.

[@s.fuhrmann]

sewing machine,,, unless of course you saw someone planting seeds that I didn't.

[@sammykiarii9572]

and i bet your phone too is from the colonialists