Kenyan film-maker Judy Kibinge was just ‘chilling’ (in her words) in Chebeaugue Island in Maine, USA, on the invite of her friend Nicola Shepherd when she received the news.
She had just been invited to join the Oscar Academy, which is of course the elite institution that chooses which films to give the gong to for the annual Oscar Academy Awards; which are, of course, the most prestigious film awards in the world.