Synopsis
When the world's most famous nature reserves were created in the 50's and 60's, few people know that the indigenous people of East Africa, who had lived there in harmony with nature for 3000 years, were evicted from these areas.
Tanzania is today the eighth poorest nation in the world. Yet, in a country under stress with most of its people mired in poverty, the government, the tourist industry and conservation organizations, have advanced the idea that the native Africans are intruders into what was once their own pristine wilderness.
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When the world's most famous nature reserves were created in the 1950's and 60's, few people know that the indigenous people of East Africa, who had lived there in harmony with nature for 3000 years, were evicted from these areas. Tanzania is today the eighth poorest nation in the world. Yet, in a country under stress with most of its people mired in poverty, the government, the tourist industry and conservation organizations, have advanced the idea that the native Africans are intruders into what was once their own pristine wilderness.
Festivals & Awards
2010 Green Film Festival, South Korea
Won Jury Award
2009 DOK Leipzig ,Germany
2010 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
2010 One World Human Rights Film Festival, Czech Republic
2010 International Human Rights Film Festival, Ukraine
2010 Planete Doc Review, Poland
2010 ETHNOCINECA, Ethnographical Documentary Film Festival, Austria
2010 CAID Science Film Festival, Greece
2010 CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival, Italy
2010 Ischia Film Festival, Italy
2010 Encounters South African Documentary Festival, South Africa
2010 Festival des Libertes, Belgium
2010 Tri-Continental Film Festival, South Africa