Participants at the International Press Institute (IPI)’s World Congress were treated to a screening of the documentary “The Sound Man”, which tells the story of 62-year-old Kenyan sound engineer Abdul Rahman Ramadhan and his incredible and heartbreaking career covering war zones and crisis regions throughout Africa.
Produced by The Duncan Entertainment Group in cooperation with Camerapix, a Nairobi-based production company, the film won 14 awards and was shortlisted for an Oscar.
During his career, Ramadhan recorded sounds of war, famine, genocide and much more in many African countries such as Kenya, Somalia, Rwanda and Ethiopia. The documentary uses archival material from the collection of The Duncan Entertainment Group as well as the collection of the late Mohamed Amin, the founder of Camerapix.