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Films
4 Films
available to watch on demand
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Country
“Kenya”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films with a digital version
1
films available on demand
4
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Region
East Africa
4
Country
Kenya
4
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Keywords
Animals
1
Children / Young people
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Ethnofiction
1
Family / Kinship
2
Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Healthcare / Healing
1
Herding
2
Marriage
2
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Change
1
Directors
Akin, Dorcas
1
Atieno, Lavine
1
Awino, Effie
1
MacDougall, David
3
MacDougall, Judith
3
Ndinya, June
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Series
Turkana Conversations
3
not set
1
Country of production
Australia
3
Kenya
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
2
Year of production
1976
1
1977
1
1981
1
2018
1
Colour / Black and white
Film list
Atieno
2018
64
‘
Directed by
June Ndinya
Effie Awino
Ruth Njoki
Lavine Atieno
Dorcas Akin
.
Atieno is a collaborative fiction film scripted, acted and directed by DreamGirls, a group of adolescent girls and young women from Nairobi and Kisumu. The film tells of Atieno, a 16 year old girl
East Africa
Health / Healthcare / Healing
Children / Young people
Gender Role and Identity
Ethnofiction
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Sex / Sexuality
Lorang’s Way
1977
69
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
The Turkana are a group of semi-nomadic pastoralists who inhabit a harsh environment of dry thorn country in northwestern Kenya. Lorang’s Way focuses upon a Turkana elder. Having spent time away
East Africa
Herding
Social Change
Nomads and Nomadism
The Wedding Camels
1976
108
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘A Wife Among Wives’), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s
East Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Animals
Herding
A Wife Among Wives
1981
72
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
This segment of the trilogy on the Turkana of northern Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘The Wedding Camels’ above) evolves around the role of women in the society. The audience follows the
East Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Family / Kinship