Flip Flotsam

Etienne Oliff & Lucy Bateman
Kenya/UK, documentary, 2003
26 mins. (DV)

Filmed in the Lamu Archpelago of Kenya, this award-winning film is the intriguing story of the epic adventures of East Africa's most prevalent footwear; Flip-Flops. Cheap, cheerful, practical and popular, they are everywhere; abroad dhows and donkeys, bearing loads and left dormant on doormats. Worn-in, worn-out, and finally discarded at the mercy of the Indian Ocean, their story continues.