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Diary of a Maasai Village, Part 1
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Secondary Title:
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: The Prophet's Village
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Filmmaker Name:
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Melissa Llewelyn-Davies
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Film Length:
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50 min
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Film Year:
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1985
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Duration:
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46-75 min
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Decade:
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1980s
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Series:
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Diary of a Maasai Village series
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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Africa
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Subject:
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Food Ways and Subsistence
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The Prophet's Village examines the problem of maintaining enough cattle to supply milk and meat versus selling off cattle to raise money for maize, antibiotics and pesticides; cash is also needed to pay for legal fees for Rerenko, the Laibon's son.
This series of five films by Melissa Llewelyn-Davies looks at daily life among the Maasai. The films are presented as a diary of a 7-week visit to a single village. The structure is episodic and the content dependent on various events or stories, some of which are developed through more than one film. The tapes can be used independently or together, to give an in-depth sense of Maasai life. The series includes the following five films:
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