Film History

After being given a video camera, Oliserali Olibui used it to film events affecting his community and showed the footage to his community and outsiders as a means of passing on information and understanding.

He quickly realised the power of film in spreading messages and understanding and had the idea of making a film about his community from his and his brother Milisha’s perspective. His aim was to help outsiders understand Mursi way of life and Mursi views on life.

He approached a UK DFID project working on pastoralist knowledge and understanding in Ethiopia, Democracy Growth and Peace for Pastoralists (DGPP) and asked for support to make the film. DGPP agreed to fund the film and introduced him to Peter Moszynski, a journalist working in East Africa who took the idea forward and found the film-maker Ben Young.

There was a test screening at the Addis International Film Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in March 2009. See review at: http://en.ethiopianreporter.com/content/view/945/1/