A House Without Snakes

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In Botswana, two young men must wrestle with the choice between honoring ancestral traditions or pursuing modern possibilities. For thousands of years, the Bushmen people have lived in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, but since the 1990s government pressures have pushed them out to settlements like New Xade. On the reserve, Kitsiso hunts and forages with his father. He understands that this land is everything, yet he dreams of living in a home with modern amenities. In New Xade, Ketelelo witnesses people who are losing their way of life and feels a sole responsibility for his own future. Education is his path towards opportunity, even though it means he must leave his family behind. As Kitsiso and Ketelelo describe these opposing tides, expressive camerawork moves between tight interior spaces and wide expanses of land, visually reflecting a deep attachment to place and a longing for new horizons. ST
Director
Daniel Koehler
Producers
Daniel Koehler, Edward Pettitt
Editor
Daniel Koehler
Cinematographer
Daniel Koehler
Release Year
2016
Festival Year
2016
Country
United States
Run Time
29 minutes
Subtitled
Partially subtitled
Premiere
World Premiere