Afar/Ethiopia (2008)

Film details

Featuring

Paul McGann Lana Inglis
Director

Helen Williamson
Country

United Kingdom
Year

2008
Type

Television

Synopsis

The Afar are one of Ethiopia's most fiercely independent tribes, nomadic cattle and camel herders with a tough reputation, carrying guns to protect their herds from rival clans and wild animals. For the women, female circumcision is common and their strict Muslim culture forbids alcohol. Anyone found drinking is immediately beaten and ostracised. Living with them for the next month is former alcoholic, 28-year-old Scottish air hostess Lana Inglis. She will have to keep her past a secret. She hasn't touched a drop for over a year but is still deeply troubled by her past. By living with the Afar for the next month, she wants to try to finally say goodbye to her alcoholism.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Paul McGann
  - on-screen participant
    
    Lana Inglis
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Helen Williamson
  Production:
  - ©
    
    Diverse Bristol
  - ©
    
    Goldhawk Productions
  - For
    
    BBC
  - Production Company
    
    Diverse Bristol
  - Production Company
    
    Goldhawk Productions
  - Executive Producer for BBC
    
    Charlotte Moore
  - Executive Producer for Goldhawk Media
    
    Paul Cleary
  - Executive Producer for Diverse Bristol
    
    Robert Maciver
  - Executive Producer for Diverse Bristol
    
    Jane Lomas
  - Producer
    
    Helen Williamson
  - Series Producer
    
    Joseph Maxwell
  Photography:
  - Camera
    
    Barbara Nicholls
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Will Ward-Lewis
  - On-line Editor
    
    Franz Ketterer
  Music:
  - Composer
    
    Paul Pritchard
  - Music
    
    The Dub Lounge