The Battle for Laikipia
Feature length film Completed 2024
Director
Peter Murimi
Director
Daphne Matziaraki
Producer
Toni Kamau
Doc Society helped with
Production
Impact
Climate change and unresolved historical injustices raise the stakes in a generations-old conflict between indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in a wildlife conservation haven.
Crew
The documentarians invested several years in the project and it pays off in this impressively balanced assessment of a conflict over land that has been exacerbated by climate change and drought
Eye for Film
Oct. 7, 2024
At once patient and rigorous, this is a film that superbly demonstrates how the conflicts of the present cannot be extricated from the baggage of the past.
The Guardian
Oct. 6, 2024
Directors Peter Murimi and Daphne Matziaraki aim to give both sides of the story in this survey of an ugly situation which has often been co-opted by political campaigners for their own nefarious ends.
Little White Lies
Oct. 4, 2024
This is a sober, informative film that shows a nation that has been independent for more than 60 years, yet is still haunted by the very active spectre of colonialism.
Financial Times
Oct. 3, 2024
A documentary crafted with a knowing compassion and sincere empathy of a brutal, tough subject with weighty themes of colonialism, conservation, and climate change. The film does an excellent job showing both sides of an unfortunate situation.
Screen Zealots
Feb. 29, 2024
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