Midnight Tails will take you on a journey through the jungles - both concrete and biotic! Find joy watching baboons splay themselves across the roots of ancient trees; learn what light pollution and thinning ice can do to ecosystems that thrive in Arctic darkness; explore rapid urbanisation and the lives it alters; meet one man saving the lives of not only the Pangolins in Uganda, but also the people who hunt them; and teleport to France - behind the cliff of Etretat, where in an almost lunar space, a blind man with seasoned hands hunts crabs and lobsters. Whether you are wild or domesticated, this strand is for you.
Mutinda was on Kenya’s most wanted list in the 80s and 90s. He was single handedly decimating the wildlife population in the Amboseli region, and Kenya Wildlife Service had a warrant out for his capture, dead or alive. His wife told him she was leaving him if he couldn’t find another job because she was scared he would be killed, and she couldn’t stick around to watch any longer.
But tracking and hunting was all Mutinda knew. His father was a poacher and had taught him well. Mutinda had a family to provide for, and felt that poaching was his only option for work. 18 years ago, he was presented with another option that would allow him to use his tracking skills for good.
- Year2020
- Runtime8 minutes
- LanguageSwahili
- CountryKenya
- PremiereYes
- DirectorSarah Menzies
- ProducerSarah Menzies, Jessey Dearing, Susan Grella
- AnimatorSusan Grella
Midnight Tails will take you on a journey through the jungles - both concrete and biotic! Find joy watching baboons splay themselves across the roots of ancient trees; learn what light pollution and thinning ice can do to ecosystems that thrive in Arctic darkness; explore rapid urbanisation and the lives it alters; meet one man saving the lives of not only the Pangolins in Uganda, but also the people who hunt them; and teleport to France - behind the cliff of Etretat, where in an almost lunar space, a blind man with seasoned hands hunts crabs and lobsters. Whether you are wild or domesticated, this strand is for you.
Mutinda was on Kenya’s most wanted list in the 80s and 90s. He was single handedly decimating the wildlife population in the Amboseli region, and Kenya Wildlife Service had a warrant out for his capture, dead or alive. His wife told him she was leaving him if he couldn’t find another job because she was scared he would be killed, and she couldn’t stick around to watch any longer.
But tracking and hunting was all Mutinda knew. His father was a poacher and had taught him well. Mutinda had a family to provide for, and felt that poaching was his only option for work. 18 years ago, he was presented with another option that would allow him to use his tracking skills for good.
- Year2020
- Runtime8 minutes
- LanguageSwahili
- CountryKenya
- PremiereYes
- DirectorSarah Menzies
- ProducerSarah Menzies, Jessey Dearing, Susan Grella
- AnimatorSusan Grella
