| Director: | [1] |
| Editing: | Sam Soko |
| Music: | William Ryan Fritch |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
The Battle for Laikipia is a 2024 documentary film directed by Daphne Matziaraki and Peter Murimi. The film details conflicts that have emerged after two years of drought across Lakipia in Kenya.[2]
Shot over a five-year period, The Battle for Lakipia examines tensions between indigenous Samburu people and white ranchers in Kenya and how these conflicts are heightened by drought in the region.[3]
The Battle for Laikipia premiered in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it was awarded the Sundance Institute/Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Nonfiction.[4] That March, the film screened as part of the competition.