Shepherds of the Earth (2022)
• February 1st, 2022 • 1h 15min
Documentary
Overview
The region of Lake Turkana, located in Kenya and Ethiopia, is considered to be “the Cradle of Humankind”. Among other finds, primate fossils from millions of years ago have been discovered in the region. But what about the region’s modern inhabitants and their relationship to their environment? Iiris Härmä, whose previous work includes the award-winning Leaving Africa, had the chance of joining Helsinki University’s researchers, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares and Mar Cabeza, on their pre-pandemic trip to study the Daasanach people’s relationship to their environment through traditional animal tales. The researchers hope that storytelling would help to bridge the gap between people’s everyday lives and conservation efforts.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
STRATA INCOGNITA
Released on: 2023-10-01
Documentary
STRATA INCOGNITA, is a trans-scalar and trans-temporal journey across the geographies that articulat...
Flight Over Abyssinia
Released on: 1934-01-01
Documentary
A travelogue of Ethiopia by plane, automobile and mule, showing the lives, customs, and habits of th...
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
Released on: 2007-01-13
Documentary
Each year over 1.2 million wildebeest travel across the vast Serengeti plains and Kenya's Masai Mara...
Paternité : une métamorphose décryptée
Released on: 2025-11-29
Documentary
Becoming a father is an extraordinary adventure in a man's life, but it is also a real physiological...
13 novembre, nos vies en éclats
Released on: 2025-11-03
Documentary, Drama, History
On November 13, 2015, the attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis, carried out by three Islamist commandos ...
African Spirit
Released on: 2009-09-14
Documentary
A celebration of the diversity of Ethiopia's culture and wildlife. It journeys from North to South -...
Dian Fossey: Ihr Leben für die Gorillas
Released on: 2025-12-13
Documentary
She was the first to study gorillas in their natural environment: the high mountains of Rwanda, wher...
Traquer l'invisible - Nos chercheurs face à la menace mondiale des virus et des bactéries
Released on: 2025-11-25
Documentary
The Weight Of My Name
Released on: 2025-05-25
Documentary
2-channel film installation 'Die Last meines Namens', wherein Heydt deals with an unpleasant part of...
I Come From Away: An Immigrant in Maine
Released on:
Documentary
An intimate look inside the immigrant community in Portland, Maine, as told by Nyamuon Nguany Machar...
Honey at the Top
Released on: 2015-06-19
Documentary
Honey at the Top is a film about the Sengwer forest people of the Cherangani Hills, Kenya, being evi...
The Last Gift: Jim's Courage Our Hope
Released on: 2025-12-28
Documentary
The Last Gift: Jim’s Courage, Our Hope is a moving short documentary exploring the intersection of s...
The White Massai Warrior
Released on: 2020-01-16
Documentary
For the first time in history, a white man has been invited to become a Massai Warrior. The Massai ...
Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom
Released on: 2013-03-08
Documentary
A journey in the most spectacular wildlife sanctuary on Earth. Join two young Maasai warriors and di...
Kenya’s marathon stars in Europe
Released on:
Documentary
For African athletes making money abroad is the big goal. But Kenyan marathon runners need to be car...
Terror at the Mall
Released on: 2014-09-15
Documentary
A documentary detailing an indiscriminate terrorist attack that left 71 dead in Kenya.
Safari Ya Gari
Released on: 1961-01-01
Music, Documentary
This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performanc...
Sidney & Friends
Released on: 2017-06-11
Documentary
When his family tries to kill him, Sidney, who is intersex, flees to Nairobi where he meets a group ...
Running Movie
Released on: 2011-12-19
Documentary
Running Movie is a documentary film that focuses on Israeli long-distance runner Ayele Seteng (a.k.a...