Kenya Maasai: The Race to Preserve the Past
(15 minutes) Kenya

Director: UN News and Media Division
Producer: Andi Gitow

Description:
Their centuries old culture is at risk of disappearing. They are the Maasai in Kenya. Now two of their own are in a race against time to preserve their heritage. We join them on their journey deep inside this fascinating world.

Biography:
Andi Gitow was born in New York and studied at Columbia University. She is a two-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has been working as a TV producer and director for more than fifteen years. She began her career as a long-format producer with NBC Network News, based in New York. While there, she also senior-produced and was head of a special programming unit. In 2004 she moved to United Nations Television (UNTV) in New York, where she began producing films covering a range of themes from human rights to climate change. She has also produced for National Geographic and the Discovery Channel and has garnered over twenty journalism awards.

Contact Information:
UNTV: 21ST Century
E-mail: gomez-baumgarten@un.org
Web site: www.unmultimedia.org/tv/21stcentury