An upcoming documentary about a family at the frontline of Climate Change.
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| Source: Kisilu Filming |
Yesterday I attended a screening of the new Al Jazeera Witness
documentary about how climate change is affecting a farming family in Mutomo,
Kenya. The Kenyan farmer, Kisilu Musya, documents both physical and human
challenges which he and his family have been facing over four years. Footage of
devastating droughts, floods and storms have had massive human impacts on his
family and the community in Mutomo.
Yet it comes as no surprise to me that such weather events
had the impacts they did. Maybe this is because I have been studying in this
field for a long time now and such impacts are known to me. However this
documentary captured something more powerful than just a diary about climate
change. It is a story of persistence and the refusal to give up when everything
around him comes crashing down.
“I don’t have money to help, but I have the knowledge”
A story of a man who spends his life teaching others about
how to combat climate change is not only inspiring for others in his community
but its message can be spread worldwide. Sure, having money to tackle some of
the day-to-day issues would be beneficial (the irrigation system set up towards
the end of the documentary showed this), yet the knowledge and ambition Kisilu has is invaluable.
Without giving too much away, I would strongly recommend
watching this documentary when it airs in December. The release
coincides with the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, which Kisilu has
since been invited to.
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