Honey at the Top is a film about the Sengwer forest people of the Cherangani Hills, Kenya, being evicted from their ancestral land in the name of conservation. The film centres around father of two Elias as he works with his community to try and hold onto their culture and resist the evictions. It is an intimate portrait of this community at a crossroads, facing international pressure from organisations like the World Bank, a corrupt Kenya Forest Service who are burning their houses and attempts to turn the forest into a commodity through carbon offsetting schemes.
Crew
Dean Puckett
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Camera Operator
Carl Thompson
Colorist
Jyoti Fernandes
Executive Producer
Paul Benney
Executive Producer
Rebecca Wolff
Producer
Michael Place
Associate Producer
Peter Kailbauer
Associate Producer
Dominic Elson
Associate Producer
Daniel Erlacher
Associate Producer
Roland Perko
Associate Producer
Lauren Redfern
Production Assistant
Elias Kimaiyo
Camera Operator, Translator
Rob Szeliga
Sound Designer
Robert Ngugi
Sound Recordist
Paco Sweetman
Supervising Editor