Official Synopsis
A 10-minute participatory documentary made by a freshly trained-in-filmmaking group of young Kenyan Maasai women and men from the Maasai Mara, sharing their firsthand observations on climate change, changing seasons, land privatization, and cultural transformation.
Filmmaker Biography
Filmmaker(s): Joana Roque de Pinho & Maasai Youth Filmmakers
Dr. Joana Roque de Pinho is an environmental anthropologist and visual ethnographer at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Related Academic Publication
Roque de Pinho, J..
(2013).
Shooting climate change in the Maasai Mara: Aesthetics and Expectations in Participatory Filmmaking with Kenya Pastoralists.
Anthropology Now
, 5
(2)
, 74–86.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19492901.2013.11728404
Roque de Pinho, J. et al..
(2021).
People should also look after the people: relational values of wildlife and collectively titled land in Ilkisongo Maasai group ranches in Southern Kenya.
Ecology and Society
, 26
(3)
, 28.
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12539-260328