Julia Dahr

Thank you for the rain

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Thank you for the rain

Julia Dahr

2017

87 min.

Norway and United Kingdom

English and Swahili

Subtitles: Catalan and Spanish

A fight for climate justice.

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Show

Direction

Julia Dahr

Executive Production

Sabine Bubeck-Paaz

Sound

Julia Dahr

Distribution

DocsBarcelona Distribution

Production

Hugh Hartford

Photography

Julie Lunde Lillesaeter

Screenwriter

Julia Dahr, Hugh Hartford

Edition

Adam Thomas

Music

Chris White

Datasheet

Direction

Julia Dahr

Executive Production

Sabine Bubeck-Paaz

Sound

Julia Dahr

Distribution

DocsBarcelona Distribution

Production

Hugh Hartford

Photography

Julie Lunde Lillesaeter

Screenwriter

Julia Dahr, Hugh Hartford

Edition

Adam Thomas

Music

Chris White

Synopsis

Over the last four years Kisilu has used his camera to capture the impacts of extreme weather on his family and village in Kenya. He has filmed floods, droughts and storms, and the way they force men to leave their families behind in search for jobs. Travelling to Paris to present his footage to delegates at the UN Climate Talks, Kisilu finds himself on the biggest political journey of his life.

About the direction

Julia Dahr

Director

Director Julia Dahr believes filmmakers can be changemakers. She is a Norwegian director and produce...

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Awards and festivals

Best Documentary · FICMEC

Spain, 2017

Jury Award · Another Way Film Festival

Spain, 2017

Hot Docs

Canada, 2017

CPH:DOX*

Denmark, 2017

Julia Dahr

Thank you for the rain

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Reviews

“

Thank You for the Rain is a significant character study and a piece of self-representation as digital cameras find their ways into the hands of marginalised citizens who aren’t being heard.
— Pat Mullen · POV Magazine

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Dahr’s documentary stays focused on Kisilu, assuming the viewer understands the connections between climate change and extreme weather, among other things.
— In the seats

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Good intentions take a toll in this astutely human film: Kisilu grapples with setbacks, disillusionment and a wife and brood of children back home who seriously miss him.
— The Toronto Star

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