Feral Film Foundation and the Tongwe Trust on lake Tanganyika

FFF has just returned from a week on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, far western Tanzania, teaching basic film-making skills. Firstly at Greystoke Mahale camp where the resident guides are keen to improve their skills and assist Nomad Tanzania in creating short podcasts to keep their followers informed.

Subsequently, we spent four days in Katumbi village training up a member of the Tongwe Trust, Kudrah Katensi in using a new video camera purchased using funds from the auction of two wildlife prints at the FFF exhibition of Jimmy Greenwood's photography in London earlier this year.

The image above is that of Seifu Lusesa, a Mtwale (vice-chief) of a clan of the Batongwe who is 105 years of age. We interviewed him to get his feedback on how life has changed for the tribe over the decades.