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‘The Battle for Laikipia’ Review: How the Climate Crisis Is Reawakening Tensions in a Kenya Community
Selected by Hot Docs and previously programmed at Sundance, "The Battle for Laikipia" documents how the climate crisis is sparking tensions in Kenya.
Over a period of approximately two years, the documentary’s directors Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi show how climate change can directly resurface tensions that have been kept at bay for generations. Animals graze as the indigenous families discuss what to make for food; meanwhile, the white farmers drive their trucks and use their iPads to call others about their anxiety about the climate and their neighbors. “The Battle for Laikipia” begins with a tour guide explaining to a group why giraffes have different color spots on their skin: an explanation of melanin.
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