Turkana
Losing Garden of Eden - a multimedia project about Turkana and Climate Change directed by the award-winning photographer Manoocher Deghati - produced by Cultural Video Foundation
Turkana, this region is considered the cradle of humankind, once the Garden of Eden, the paradise. Now the inhabitants are facing climate change: droughts, shrinking water levels and subsequent tribal wars. An upcoming hydroelectric power plant project on the Omo River, the only permanent tributary to Lake Turkana, is now seriously threatening life in and around the lake. This documentation work aims to explain the challenges that the environment and the people living in the Turkana region face today.
The multimedia project is in its initial phase. We are ready to discuss with different broadcasters and other possible sponsors the style and the angle of the stories we would like to tell.
Losing Garden of Eden - Doc trailer A multimedia project about Turkana and Climate Change directed by the award-winning photographer Manoocher Deghati (2009) Once upon a time, this valley was called the Garden of Eden. The paradise, the cradle of humankind. It is here that everything started… That is where Adam ate the forbidden fruit. Then Humankind started to spread, the first families were formed, they divided into different tribes and cultures, some started fishing, others started to graze livestock. For thousands of years they lived in peace and harmony with their environment. There was plenty of food and water for all. This was possible in the Garden of Eden, a perfectly habitable land with ideal climate. But world population grew constantly, there was more need for food and water. Water, the source of all life, became scarce. The earth scorched. The journeys to find water got longer and longer. The tribes started claiming them as their own property. Quarrels became tribal wars and then guns appeared. This is how humanity is losing the Garden of Eden. | |
Losing Garden of Eden - Photo Slideshow A multimedia project about Turkana and Climate Change directed by the award-winning photographer Manoocher Deghati (2009) Once upon a time, this valley was called the Garden of Eden. The paradise, the cradle of humankind. It is here that everything started… That is where Adam ate the forbidden fruit. Then Humankind started to spread, the first families were formed, they divided into different tribes and cultures, some started fishing, others started to graze livestock. For thousands of years they lived in peace and harmony with their environment. There was plenty of food and water for all. This was possible in the Garden of Eden, a perfectly habitable land with ideal climate. But world population grew constantly, there was more need for food and water. Water, the source of all life, became scarce. The earth scorched. The journeys to find water got longer and longer. The tribes started claiming them as their own property. Quarrels became tribal wars and then guns appeared. This is how humanity is losing the Garden of Eden. |