Tapi!

A quiet, intimate portrait of a vanishing ritual and the quiet standoff between tradition and church authority.

Directed by

Jim Chuchu

Genres

Documentary

Overview

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.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Faith, identity, power, trauma

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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