KIRE GODAL FILMS

AWARD WINNING MAASAI EUNOTO SHORT FILM

AWARD WINNING MAASAI EUNOTO SHORT FILM

Maasai Eunoto 'Return to Culture'

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AWARD WINNING MAASAI EUNOTO SHORT FILM

Through the voices of warriors and elders during their emotional rite of passage in 2022, ‘Maasai Eunoto’ follows the vanishing Maasai warrior passage to elder-hood, revealing the hidden past & present of one of Africa’s most important cultural initiation ceremonies. The indigenous Maasai are fighting to keep their traditions alive today.  This beautiful and dynamic short film reveals the importance of African tradition, the sophistication of a singular culture, and the emotions of three young Maasai warriors passing through an ancient rite-of-passage thrust upon them. Guided by their elders they follow the values of their culture learn to take their place in their traditional community.

Never seen before cinematic footage by Director & Cinematographer Kire Godal is juxtaposed with 50 years of iconic still Eunoto images by famed photographers Angela Fisher & Carol Beckwith.  The images add a magnificence and historical depth to a noble culture that seems immortal yet is folding under the pressures of modernisation. 

The ceremony’s spatial designs of circles and lines captures the essence of human togetherness and inclusion for the Maasai warriors and the audience watching. The film is a reminder for all humanity of our eternal human need for bonding, mutual respect and longing to belong to a whole greater than oneself in our rapidly modernising and alienating world. 

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Skypaths - a 4 part documentary series - ( Presented here as 4 parts in a Doc Feature Format) directed & filmed by American Kire Godal, follows Swedish / Danish conservationist & writer Natasha Illum Berg as she retraces her pioneering conservationist and natural history filmmaker Swedish grandfather Bengt Berg's 4 most important wildlife film expeditions 100 years after him. From Sweden, to Ethiopia, Tanzania, India & Nepal - a lens into the past is opened and a parallel adventure story begins. 

Bengt Berg's beloved work from the early 1900's, his original archives, are seen for the first time in decades as we follow his expeditions through his films, writing and photographs, as Natasha lives out her expeditions today.

Bengt Berg took great risks for animals a century ago - today his granddaughter writes about and works tirelessly for conservation in Africa.

Each episode or part, takes an intimate look at 'man's place in nature', from a 100 years ago and today, from the common crane migration from Sweden to Ethiopia, shoebills and elephants in Tanzanian swamps, Indian rhinos along the border of Bhutan, and bearded vultures in the Himalayas – these thoughtful stories glance into where we find ourselves today on our planet – our beautiful globe…crisscrossed with the invisible lines of bird sky-paths.

Shot in 4K, this unique adventure travel - personal journey - historical wildlife and conservation series is one-of-a-kind.

Producers: Jake Seal, Erik Godal, Kire Godal, Natasha Illum Berg

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Produced by Original Godal Productions 
Copyright 2018