Chris Paul Daniels /

Artist and Filmmaker based in Manchester.

Current exhibition: Give Yourself a Round of Applause.

Exhibited as part of Curtain Up, Lowry, Salford https://thelowry.com/curtain-up-r9f7

18th April - 21st June 2026.

Also screening at BFI Southbank with 'Is there anybody there' on 14th May, 2026

BFI Southbank listing

Premier/Divisions

Premier/Divisions is an artist film that blurs the line between documentary and experimental observational studies, in an attempt by the maker, as an outsider, to understand the complexities and tensions surrounding perceived and real notions of division in Kenyan society in the run up to the 2013 presidential elections.

The footage was documented at a time when tensions were particularly at the forefront of Kenya’s collective consciousness due to the occurrences of the 2007/08 election and the so called ‘post-election violence’ wherein tribal, class and political conflicts resulted in the murders of over 1,200 people.

Through a series of interviews with Nairobi residents, including artists, film makers, journalists, and musicians, director Chris Paul Daniels mixes oral anecdotal perspectives on contemporary Kenyan life within the context of tensions highlighted by the election, which was controversially won by President Uhuru Kenyatta on 4 March 2013.

The film aims to present a personalised portrait of Nairobi with all its vibrancy, complexities and contradictions and reflect on universal societal habits to seek communal identities, ideologies and alliances.

Screenings to date include Cornerhouse Manchester, Locomotion Artists Moving Image Festival, Shady Dealings with Language (TOAST), Art Licks Weekend London, Nai Ni Who? Nairobi and Kuona Trust Arts Centre, Nairobi. Citations of the film can be found on the New York Times

and British Council website