Life Experience
1976, kenya
In 1975, I moved with my husband, Shep Abbott, to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. Shep had been contracted to make two animal documentaries for American television, and I had secured permission from the Columbia University to do two accredited field courses towards my anthropology degree. In between filming wildlife, Shep also filmed our lives with the Maasai. When he returned to the US after a year, I stayed on for an additional six months, living ever more closely with my Maasai friends.
This film is a window on to another time in the life of the Mara and the Maasai whose home it was.
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16 Feb
Hugging the coastline, their hand-sewn ships ran with the trade winds, laden with dates and dried fish, mangrove poles, coconut oil, pearls...
13 Feb
Friday, at the Met – a wonderful ritual that a friend and I have developed over time. In sub freezing weather or on a summer evening,...
24 Jan
When I was in my early 20’s, I shared a tented camp for many months in Kenya’s Maasai Mara with my first husband, a filmmaker. We...
18 Jan
aerial view of Zighy Bay and Zighy Bay Six Senses Resort The approach is vertiginous, whether you descend by driving or by paragliding. Tucked...
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