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RAI FILM

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Abraham and Sarah II. Hosting the Gundagundo Pilgrims 2019 41‘

Directed by Tesfahun Haddis .

The film is part of the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series and a sequel to ‘Abraham and Sarah I: Creators of a productive landscape’. A Tigrean farmer and his wife, who host pilgrims to a

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Food / Water Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage

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Abraham and Sarah. Creators of a productive landscape. 2017 53‘

Directed by Ivo Strecker .

In the highlands of Tigray – northern Ethiopia – on the edge of the escarpment that descends steeply to the Danakil dessert, Hagos Mashisho and Desta Gidey have toiled and struggled for years to turn

North and Northeast Africa Rural Agriculture / Farming

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Dancing Grass. Harvesting teff in the Tigrean highlands 2018 40‘

Directed by Mitiku Gabrehiwot .

Dancing Grass is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). It captures the communal harvesting of teff among Tigreans of Northern Ethiopia. Teff, an ancient

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Food / Water

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Family Subsistence in the Hills of Hamar. We are guests of Shawa 2019 58‘

Directed by Jean Lydall Kaira Strecker .

The film is a sequel to former films on Hamar directed by Jean Lydall and Kaira Strecker, and contributes to the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series. Kaira’s childhood friend Shawa moved as a

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Everyday Life Food / Water

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In Aiye’s Garden. Propagation and Processing of Enset in the Gamo Highlands 2019 58‘

Directed by Eyob Defersha .

In Aiye’s Garden is a film in the Guardians of Productive Landscapes series (editor Ivo Strecker). Enset, which is related to the banana plant, is very drought resistant and a good source of

North and Northeast Africa Agriculture / Farming Food / Water

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The Kwegu 1979 52‘

Directed by Leslie Woodhead Andy Harries .

*’The Kwegu’ is an entirely tasteful and dignified presentation of the harsh realities of subsistence living, and it may help us understand how, even in stateless societies, dominated groups come to

North and Northeast Africa Collective / Community identity Agriculture / Farming Social Organisation Marriage Trade