Greenmotions Film Festival: The Battle for Laikipia (OmeU)

The Greenmotions Film Festival will be opening its doors to you again this year. From November 5 to 9, we invite you to exciting films, discussions and encounters at the Kommunale Kino. Every year we dedicate part of our program to a special question. This year's special theme is: "Closing the loop: living within planetary boundaries". We look forward to showing you films that shed light on how we can move from a linear to a circular way of life that conserves our planet's resources and can thus exist in harmony with our environment. Further information can be found at https://greenmotions-filmfestival.de/de/festivalprogramm/.

The Battle for Laikipia paints a panorama of an escalating conflict in the heart of Kenya: on the Laikipia plateau, nomadic Samburu pastoralists and white landowners have been confronting each other for decades - a legacy of colonial land grabbing that is now being reignited by apocalyptic droughts and disputed water and grazing rights. The film documents how a dangerous dynamic is emerging in the grass-poor plains: Herds are led onto irrigated, fenced-off ranches and armed confrontations escalate. The film will be followed by a discussion with Edwin Mutyenyoka from the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute.

Information on accessibility: The cinema is accessible via a ramp. The toilets are also accessible with a wheelchair. The movie theater is equipped with an inductive sound system.