Official Synopsis
Filmed in 2000 with lightweight equipment in harsh desert conditions, this documentary follows a Tuareg (Kel Eway Imjaghan) camel caravan travelling across the Sahara to Bilma, documenting traditional trade routes, desert survival, and social organization.
Biography
Filmmaker(s): Sarah Lunacek
Sarah Lunacek is an anthropologist, filmmaker, and researcher at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has conducted extensive ethnography in Niger and the Sahara, studying Tuareg caravan routes, mobility, and material culture.
Related Academic Publication
Lunaček, S..
(2023).
Schooled Tuaregs' Engagement with Mobile Pastoralism in the Agadez Region (Niger): Avoidable Sedentism and Alternative Forms of Cooperation.
Nomadic Peoples
, 27
(2)
, 263–289.
https://doi.org/10.3197/np.2023.270205
