The Policy Desk
Where we defend the conditions a story needs to exist.
Some stories are shaped before anyone picks up a camera - by rules deciding who may tell them, in which language and on whose terms.
Who is allowed to hold the camera?
Cap. 222 does more than regulate an industry. Its production-licensing regime carries a theory of where stories come from, and of who the people in front of the camera are allowed to be.
Read the essayPublic record
Memorandum to the National Assembly.
This is the historical document submitted on the Films and Stage Plays (Amendment) Bill, 2026. It does not claim to describe the Bill's present status.
Read the filed memorandumScope
What the Desk examines.
- How the law governs the making of culture.
- The right to be heard in public decision-making.
- Who owns and profits from creative work.
- Representation and the ethics of the record.
We argue from the practice these rules govern.
We read the source, test the claim and put our position on the record.
This is a practitioner’s position, not legal advice. The Desk speaks for Recentred Africa’s own practice, not for the whole sector.