Kenya Boran

Documents, focusing on two fathers and their sons, the effects of mechanization, modern education, and the central government as they reach a formerly isolated village in northern Kenya. Contrasts the lives of a Boran herdsman who keeps his son home to tend cattle with that of a town family that attempts to assimilate new ways and sends their son to school. Shows the conflict between old and new ways and leads to speculation on the outcome of the society's choices.

More in Faces of Change Series

  1. Andean Women
  2. Magic And Catholicism
  3. The Children Know
  4. A Chinese Farm Wife 1974
  5. Afghan Nomads: The Maldar 1974
  6. Afghan Women 1974
  7. An Afghan Village 1974
  8. Boran Herdsmen 1974
  9. Boran Women 1974
  10. China Coast Fishing 1974
  11. Harambee 1974
  12. Hoy Fok and the Island School 1974
  13. Island in the China Sea 1974
  14. Kenya Boran 1974
  15. The Island Fishpond 1974
  16. The Rural Cooperative 1974
  17. The Spirit Possession of Alejandro Mamani 1974
  18. They Call Him Ah Kung 1974
  19. Viracocha: The Aymara of the Bolivian Andes 1974
  20. Wet Culture Rice 1974
  21. Wheat Cycle 1974
  22. Women in a Changing World 1974

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record