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Thank You for the Rain (2017)

Thank You for the Rain poster
Directed by
Julia Dahr
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom, Norway
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Kenyan farmer films his family and village over five years to document the effects of climate change on their lives.

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What happens

Thank You for the Rain is a 2017 feature-length documentary film made by Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya and Julia Dahr, a Norwegian filmmaker. It was produced by Hugh Hartford. The film follows Musya over five years as he uses his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change. The film had its world-premiere at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, and has since toured more than 80 festivals. The film has sold to over 60 countries, earlier versions of the film were bought by Al Jazeera and NRK, and screened at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. The film is a co-production between Differ Media and Banyak Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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