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Tapi! 2020 Directed by Jim Chuchu

Tapi! is a short documentary that explores a formative moment in the life of Kenyan ritual healer Jackson, one of the last practitioners of the ritual healing practice called utapishi ('tapi'). The leaders of the local Christian church are not happy with the influence of the ritual and decide to go to court. Jackson pushes back against the threat of tapi's prohibition by local Christian church movements who seem to be determined to erase the complex history of a people.

Country USA
Production Country Kenya
Language English
Gnere Documentary
Production Company The NEST Collective
Release Date 25 January 2020
20 mins