Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas

Apr 1 2017 N/A 1h 20m
Documentary

Farmland - the new green gold. Hoping for export revenues, Ethiopia's government leases millions of hectares of farmland to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side where the World Bank plays a very questionable role... Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas investigates land grabbing and its impact on people's lives. Pursuing the truth, we meet investors, development bureaucrats, persecuted journalists, struggling environmentalists and evicted farmers deprived of their land.

Plot

Farmland - the new green gold. Hoping for export revenues, Ethiopia's government leases millions of hectares of farmland to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side where the World Bank plays a very questionable role... Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas investigates land grabbing and its impact on people's lives. Pursuing the truth, we meet investors, development bureaucrats, persecuted journalists, struggling environmentalists and evicted farmers deprived of their land.

Written by

Joakim Demmer

Directed by

Joakim Demmer

Cast

Alexander Karim, Mohammed Alamoudi, Ivan Holmes

Crew

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Production Countries

Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden

Production Companies

WG Film, ma.ja.de. FilmProduktions, JW Documentaries

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations

Trailers
Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas (Trailer ) - Green Film Fest 2017
Scores
# of Votes
104
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA