World Nomads Film Festival

Tarlamt: Salt Caravan to Bilma

⏱️ 42 min 🌍 Niger 🎬 Sarah Lunacek 👥 Tuareg (Kel Eway)
Tarlamt: Salt Caravan to Bilma

Official Synopsis

Filmed in 2000 with lightweight equipment in harsh desert conditions, this documentary follows a Tuareg (Kel Eway Imjaghan) camel caravan traveling across the Sahara to Bilma, documenting traditional trade routes, desert survival, and social organization.

Filmmaker Biography

Filmmaker(s): Sarah Lunacek

Sarah Lunacek is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has conducted extensive ethnography in Niger and the Sahara, studying Tuareg caravan routes, mobility, and material culture.

Lunaček, S.. (2023). Schooled Tuaregs' Engagement with Mobile Pastoralism in the Agadez Region (Niger): Avoidable Sedentism and Alternative Forms of Cooperation. Nomadic Peoples , 27 (2) , 263–289. https://doi.org/10.3197/np.2023.270205
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