CinemaOSMovie · 2025 · 0h 17m

Atharaka

Documentary

What does it mean to be of a place? Of the sun and soil and bees, of the water and black ants and cowpeas. To be so entangled with an ecosystem, generation after generation, that nature and culture become one? Clans living in Tharaka, Kenya, have been subjected to colonialism and all that follows. Their indigeneity unthreaded by a powerful few pulling the world apart for profit. But Atharaka – ‘those of Tharaka’ – are remembering the power in their identity. Beside the Kithino River, they are reviving customs and enabling nature to regenerate: rethreading a complex biocultural system that brings balance, autonomy, and joy.

Directed bySimon Mitambo

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 17m
Language
SW
Released
June 27, 2025

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring

Brennie Muthoni

Salome Gatumi

Mbura M'Rugia

Mutegi M'Mwaria

Gitongo Chabari

Creative team
Directed by
Simon Mitambo
Produced by
Andy Pilsbury

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