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Ikland is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Cevin Soling released in USA on 15 june 2012
Ikland (2012)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 june 2012
Length 1h28
Directed by Cevin Soling
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa
Ikland is a 2011 documentary film about a journey into the mountains of northern Uganda near the Kenyan border and a visit with the notorious Ik people. It was produced by Cevin Soling, and directed by Soling and David Hilbert.
The Ik were famously described as callous and indifferent by anthropologist Colin Turnbull in his 1972 ethnographic book The Mountain People. Ikland recounts an adventure in travel, revisits Turnbull's description in the context of local circumstances, and reveals the Ik people and culture in a more sympathetic and up-to-date manner.
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Episodes of violence and hardship have made travel to the region both hazardous and difficult in the years since Turnbull's departure. On their way north from Kampala, Soling's crew encountered both friendly tribesman and armed militia, eventually reaching the Ik after many experiences. Soling convinces Ik from a particularly remote village to perform a theatrical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, intended as a metaphor for the redemption of their international reputations.Comments
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