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Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Memories and dreams, 1993, 92 min.

Melissa Llewlyn-Davies

Date: 6 March 2013Time: 1:00 PM

Finishes: 6 March 2013Time: 3:00 PM

Venue: Russell Square: College BuildingsRoom: Khalili Lecture Theatre

Type of Event: Film

Series: Ethnographic Film Series

The filmmaker returns to the Maasai village in Kenya that has been the subject of most of her life's work.  Intercut with scenes from her earlier works, this film explores the changes the Maasai have been forced to make. Her focus is on the women of the pastoral village who justify their socially and politically inferior status through recourse to myth and simple practicality.

Organiser: Dr Stephen P Hughes

Contact email: sh37@soas.ac.uk