Harambee
Price:
$495.00
Secondary Title:
("Pull Together")
Filmmaker Name:
David MacDougall, James Blue
Film Length:
19 min
Film Year:
1974
Duration:
0-20 min
Decade:
1970s
Series:
Kenya series
Collection:
Faces of Change collection
Secondary Creator:
produced by Norman Miller
Color:
color
Region:
Africa
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ABOUT
Harambee is a traditional Swahili chant meaning heave-ho or pull together the slogan for a united Kenya. Harambee Day or Independence Day is celebrated in this small town in North Kenya with political speeches and an auction at the native school. The film shows how North Kenya- isolated for years- tries to adapt to the new concept of nationhood. Government officials from South Kenya are appointed as ambassadors to spread the idea of national unity to a people unaccustomed to it.
Films in the Kenya series
Boran Herdsmen
Faces of Change is comprised of 25 films that examine five cultures selected for their distinct geographic locations: starting with the
China Coast at sea level and moving up to
Taiwan, then to
Afghanistan,
Kenya and finally to the mountains of
Bolivia. Each location is examined through five themes: Rural Society, Education, Rural Economy, Women, and Beliefs.
This innovative collection of 16mm films and videos was funded by the National Science Foundation, produced by Norman Miller and directed by some of the finest ethnographic filmmakers of its time.
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