Between the Rains
World Premiere

Between the Rains

Documentary Competition
Feature | Kenya | 82 MINUTES | Other, Swahili | English subtitles
Documentary, Environmental, Nature

Documenting the Turkana-Ngaremara community as they contend with prolonged drought, this visually stunning coming-of-age story follows a young, orphaned man’s journey to adapt to radically changing climate conditions in Northern Kenya. Kolei, the film’s primary subject, must grapple with personal tragedies alongside complex tribal conflicts brought on by environmental catastrophes in his pastoral region. With these mounting communal tensions and rapidly shifting culture, the threat of climate change is not just a looming notion but a present reality.

By threading interpersonal scenes with sweeping landscape cinematography, this documentary provides an intimate look at a vulnerable population fighting to bridge tradition with new circumstances. The visceral, near-consuming anxieties of the sensitive Kolei contextualize how global crisis affects individuals. Through this lens, the film lays a framework for a collective reckoning on how to strive with the ecological perils shaping the world and eventually facing us all.––Shakira Refos


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Andrew H. Brown and Moses Thuranira
Director
Andrew H. Brown, Moses Thuranira
Executive Producer (Main Credit)
Ngaihike Napuu, Lekha Singh, Lorot Loter
Producer
Moses Thuranira, Samuel Ekomol, Andrew H. Brown, Naomi Kambura
Cinematographer
Andrew H. Brown
Editor
Andrew H. Brown, Charity Kuria, Dedan Wangui
Executive Producer
Michal Pietrzyk, Mike Morrisroe, Jared McGilliard, Renan Ozturk, Taylor Rees

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International Sales Contact
Emma Simpson
Journeyman Pictures
emma@journeyman.tv
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