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For almost 30 years filmmaker Leslie Woodhead and anthropologist David Turton, in a series of five films, have been recording the continuing story of the Mursi, a remote group of cattle herding warriers in Southern Ethiopia. Now they are returning to the Mursi at a time of crisis. A murder has triggered a mass killing, and the Mursi are faced for the first time with a ferocious ultimatum from beyond their horizon – surrender the killers to the government or face death and destruction. This film follows what happened next – and how the Mursi are dealing with the coming of tourists armed with camcorders.

For almost 30 years filmmaker Leslie Woodhead and anthropologist David Turton, in a series of five films, have been recording the continuing story of the Mursi, a remote group of cattle herding warriers in Southern Ethiopia. Now they are returning to the Mursi at a time of crisis. A murder has triggered a mass killing, and the Mursi are faced for the first time with a ferocious ultimatum from beyond their horizon – surrender the killers to the government or face death and destruction. This film follows what happened next – and how the Mursi are dealing with the coming of tourists armed with camcorders.

Programme Information

  • Genre: Factual

  • Subgenre: Documentary Special

  • Producers: GRANADA MEDIA GROUP

  • Broadcaster: n/a

  • Duration: 1 x 76'

  • Tags: Africa Anthropology Factual

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