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MetFilm Sales Nabs International Rights to Sundance Documentary ‘The Battle for Laikipia’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The award-winning doc about the conflict between Indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in Kenya will have its European premiere at CPH:DOX.
MetFilm Sales has secured international rights to “The Battle for Laikipia,” Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi’s multi-layered portrait of the conflict between Indigenous pastoralists and white landowners in Kenya. The story goes beyond the headline-grabbing conflict to explore identity, the complicated legacy of British colonialism and the intersection with climate change, all while happening during the most fragile moment of our planet. “‘The Battle for Laikipia’ gives the audience a front-row seat to lives of people embroiled in a conflict over resources during an intense drought in East Africa.
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