Maragoli

Synopsis

Looks at attitudes and changes in an area of Kenya, which is experiencing one of the world’s fastest rates of population growth. Based on research by Joseph Ssennyonga as part of the ‘Cross cultural study of population growth and rural poverty’ conducted by Professor T Scarlett Epstein, the film presents both the ‘objective facts’ of population growth among the Maragoli as well as their ‘subjective perceptions’ by different socio-economic strata. It also explores the different solutions sought by the people themselves to cope with increasing numbers. *RAI

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 60 min. Videocassete. VHS. col. 60 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1976

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Anthropology; Sociology

Keywords

Kenya; Maragoli; population dynamics

Credits

Director

Sandra Nichols

Producer

Sandra Nichols

Writer

Carol Mon Pere

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

University of Sussex

Web

http://www.sussex.ac.uk External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.