Deeply ironic that the colonizers who are literally killing tribal pastoralists and who have dealt irrevocable damage to their way of life are wearing brands like Patagonia, who name environmentalism and social justice as their key values.

Doubt they have enough self-awareness to realize that!

Every time that white lady opened her mouth I wanted to SCREAM. I think 2nd+ generation white people living on and owning stolen land and who eschew any guilt and moral responsibility are the most evil people out there. How can you possibly build a life out of the destruction of another person’s life, and feel guiltless?? How are you so blind to the fact that the land you own was violently stolen from indigenous people and you’re now accusing indigenous people of theft when they enter the land to retrieve essential resources in order to live?? I respect how impartial this film remained in order to gather stories from each side, but I could not see those white commercial farmers as anything other than violent colonisers disguising their violence with moral apathy, fake ignorance and an attempt to build a new valid identity as a “white kenyan”. You are a coloniser!! Go home!!

essential viewing for any person who has been led to believe that “conservation” efforts in africa led by westerners are anything other than neo-colonial land grabs*

*or for any person who was assigned the tragedy of the commons in a college environmental studies class without reading the tragedy of the commodity right after

the colonialists literally getting shot at by native kenyans and going “gosh it’s almost like they don’t want us here” …………well yes!!! yeah bud!!!

THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA is an exasperating & disheartening look into modern colonialism & the harsh repercussions of climate change on the African people of Laikipia, Kenya. Of course, much of this conflict dates back many years ago but it’s beyond frustrating to see how communication breakdowns can lead to such tragic & violent outcomes. Very well photographed & I appreciate the ambition of it all but there was something about it that still kept me at a distance throughout.

“No a human scar on the land”

My brother in christ YOU are the human scar on the land.

This would be so good to show in schools, it so clearly depicts: 

- we still live in a colonial world
- competition for resources causes violence, climate change will only exacerbate existing fault lines & those who’ve been worst treated by history are most at risk
- police exist to protect private property
- settlers are murderous in their culture 
- resistance is justified

Hope this gets widely distributed, it just lays out the realities of the need for climate justice without any sensation, or spoon feeding, just the bare truth.

The arrogance and victimhood of white settlers knows no bounds.

Solidarity to the pastoralists of Laipikia - may you roam free - and to indigenous people around the world suffering from the horrors of colonialism

finally got to watch the screening at unseen nairobi after weeks of hassling for tickets. ironically a good majority of the theatre were white tourists/settlers. it’s an enraging film, and as an african living in kenya it’s hard to sit through the settlers rationalize why they deserve the right to kill pastoralists over land that they unrightfully seized and settled in. the kenyan government showcasing its historical and continued ineptness of course, pay-rolled by the highest bidder. a must-watch for every kenyan and white person that visits

After much popular demand in Nairobi & a return to cinemas, I was able to catch Battle for Laikipia. Unfortunately in Kenya, this story of white settler-indigenous community conflict is a theme too common. The film did a fantastic job depicting the two contentious sides, but the best was Simeon & his fight for environmental & social justice for the Samburu. I feel absolutely nothing for the settler farmers, who are arrogant, ignorant & honestly, just terrible people (if you speak Swahili you will notice the condescending manner in which they speak the language). Great film& would want to see interviews with the filmmakers on their experience.

The White Kenyans in this film are not entirely bad people but are blind (or willfully ignorant) to the injustice of how they acquired the land they live on. You cannot blame them for wanting to defend what they believe is rightfully theirs. But unfortunately it isn't rightfully theirs.

The fault lies at the feet of the colonisers who drew arbitrary lines on a map and instituted a land ownership system brought over from the UK which was so far removed from the existing socialist system. Going forward the white colonialists should play their part in a peaceful return of the land to native tribes.

This is a beautiful and important film which should serve as a warning to the world that climate change will increasingly lead to intense and bloody conflicts.

The harsh results of colonization and climate change are on full display here. It’s incredibly sad and frustrating. It’s also stunning throughout.