Nelson Mandela Conference Hall, Wangari Maathai Institute Campus
Thank You for the Rain
Nelson Mandela Conference Hall, Wangari Maathai Institute Campus
Thank You For The Rain is a collaborative film by Kisilu Musya, a Kenyan farmer and Julia Dahr, a Norwegian
filmmaker. For five years Kisilu used his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the impacts of
climate change. He filmed floods, droughts and storms but also the real human costs of the crisis. During one
violent storm that throws him and Julia together, Kisilu loses his home. The film then follows him as he starts
building a community-based movement of farmers fighting the impacts of extreme weather. He then takes their
message of hope all the way to the UN Climate Talks at COP21 in Paris, France. Here, amid the murky cut and
thrust of politics at the biggest environmental show on earth, this father and community leader transforms into
an activist on the global stage.