Atharaka
2025•17m•Released
Documentary
What does it mean to be of a place? Of the sun and soil and bees, of the water and black ants and cowpeas. To be so entangled with an ecosystem, generation after generation, that nature and culture become one? Clans living in Tharaka, Kenya, have been subjected to colonialism and all that follows. Their indigeneity unthreaded by a powerful few pulling the world apart for profit. But Atharaka – ‘those of Tharaka’ – are remembering the power in their identity. Beside the Kithino River, they are reviving customs and enabling nature to regenerate: rethreading a complex biocultural system that brings balance, autonomy, and joy.
Director
Simon Mitambo
Languages
Swahili
Cast
Brennie Muthoni
Salome Gatumi
Mbura M'Rugia
Mutegi M'Mwaria
Gitongo Chabari
Production
Producer
Andy Pilsbury
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