Name: TNB BHM 2024 | THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA + Q&A
Uploaded: 2024-09-30T05:21:33Z
Description: Unresolved historical injustices and a devastating drought raise the stakes in a conflict between indigenous farmers and white landowners

TNB BHM 2024 | THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA + Q&A

The New Black Film Collective is a nationwide network of film exhibitors, educators and programmers of Black representation on screen.

The New Black Film Collective

Unresolved historical injustices and a devastating drought raise the stakes in a conflict between indigenous farmers and white landowners

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TNB BHM (TOWER HAMLETS)

FREE Black History Month screenings commissioned by Tower Hamlets Council!

In celebration of Black History Month, The New Black Film Collective presents a screening of -THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA (2024)In Kenya's Laikipia County, climate change, alongside unresolved historical injustices, escalate tensions in a long-standing dispute between the region's Indigenous pastoralists and white ranchers.Severe droughts have intensified the conflict over the use of Laikipia’s historically rich but declining grassland – an issue deeply embedded in the country’s colonial past. Filmmakers Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi set out to understand both sides of the fight, from the pastoralist herding community struggling to feed their cattle to the white owners of the county’s private ranches who are determined to guard their territory. A complex picture emerges of a region in crisis, with the filmmakers navigating the tensions around the livelihoods of Indigenous farmers, land ownership, wildlife conservation, national politics, and the bitter legacy of British settler rule. The Battle for Laikipia provides a poignant and unflinching examination of the increasingly contentious issues surrounding land and power in an era of profound climate change.Content Guidance: Film contains scene depicting animal death.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/30/the-battle-for-laikipia-review-british-land-ownership-kenya" title="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/30/the-battle-for-laikipia-review-british-land-ownership-kenya" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Guardian Review</a> **** Dir: Peter Murimi, Daphne MatziarakiCert: 12ADur: 1h 34 minsQ&A: Dr Olivia LwabukunaDr Olivia Lwabukuna is a Tanzanian lawyer and Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania who has for the past 17+ years worked within legal services, policy research and academia in South Africa, Tanzania, Swaziland, Kenya, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. She possesses extensive expertise working in development, governance, human rights, and strengthening the rule of law, including alongside civil society and with policy makers in Sub Saharan Africa. She currently works as an Academic, Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching and the Chief Editor of the Journal of African law in the School of Law, SOAS University of London.-------------------------7:00pm - Doors open + Intro + London's Screen Archives Trailer7:05pm - Tower Hamlets Archival Short Film7.15pm - Film starts promptly8:45pm - Film finishes and Q&A starts9.30pm - Q&A finishes and exit venue-------------------------Admission is on a first come, first served basis.This film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. This screening is part of The New Black Film Collective and London’s Screen Archive’s project ‘Undocumented’ delivered with the support of the BFI, awarding National Lottery Funding and Tower Hamlets Council.

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