Len Kamerling, Curator of Film at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and 2018/2019 Fulbright Scholar at the Department of Social Studies, will present his film "Changa Revisited"
CHANGA REVISITED
A film by Peter Biella and Leonard Kamerling
Synopsis:
Since he was a boy growing up as a herder, Maasai elder Toreto ole Koisenge dreamed of cattle. When anthropologist / filmmaker Peter Biella first visited his homestead in 1980, he had over six hundred head. Today his herd numbers only twenty. The world of the Maasai pastoralists has grown smaller since the Tanzanian government put a stop to their seasonal cattle migrations and forced them to live in permanent
settlements. For elder Toreto ole Koisenge, the dream is no longer about cattle. In this new world of tumultuous change, how can he create a life that offers his children wisdom, humanity and hope?
Changa Revisited draws on hundreds of photographs and audio recordings taken in 1980 by Peter Biella. These images, woven with contemporary video footage, create a deeply personal portrait of the unfolding of a family’s life through three decades of volatile change.
The Directors:
Peter Biella directs the Program in Visual Anthropology at San Francisco State University. He has made films in the US, Egypt, Costa Rica, Peru, Romania and Haiti. Recently he collaborated with Maasai, to produce
'trigger films' that encourage learning about HIV.
Leonard Kamerling is Curator of Film at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. He has produced numerous award winning films about Alaska Native cultures and indigenous issues including, Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter, which was named to the National Film Registry of the US Library of Congress.
When: 12.10.18 at 10.15–12.00
Where:
Kino 6.222
Location / Campus: Tromsø
Target group: Students, Guests, Invited, Unit
Responsible: Petia Mankova
E-mail: petia.mankova@uit.no