God Is a Liar: Tradition and Change in Turkana September 17, 2011

God Is a Liar: Tradition and Change in Turkana is based on time spent living with families across Turkana, hearing from them and discovering who they are and how they live. Nomadic or semi-nomadic pastoralists, they tell stories, share myths, and explain their distinct beliefs and practices. But they also speak of new weather patterns that are disturbing things: Rain that used to fall in familiar cycles has stopped. This is changing their relationships with the environment that has always been familiar, the God they feel is responsible, and outsiders who bring aid that challenges their self-reliance. Some are angry and pessimistic, while others display determined adaptability and a fierce conviction that they will find solutions, as they always have done.
Discussion with directors follows the screening.

Shown with the shorts Taku Rakau E, Teenek, and Maydoum.

Directed by Frederic Courbet and Eugenie Reidy
Kenya I 2011 I 52 min I Turkana with English subtitles

Official Website: http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/films/2011/09/17/god-liar-tradition-and-change-turkana/