Mermaid Mythology

The dugong, the animal that is believed to have spawned the famous legend of the mermaid, is now the most endangered mammal in East Africa. In this documentary, Daniel Prior, a young filmmaker, travels with two close friends to the remote and beautiful Lamu archipelago, the tip of Kenya's most northern coast, where they embark on a funny yet moving adventure as they try to find one of the last few remaining 'mermaids'.

Today exist ethnic minorities whose daily lives continue to bear witness to contemporary myths: these legends are their faith, and the animals, their gods. From the Indonesian horsemen of Sumba Island to the wild elephant tamers of the Vietnamese forest, this collection reveals the most wondrous of beliefs that unite man and animal in the spectacular, thousand-year-old fulfillment of a magical destiny.