Where to Watch The Chairman and the Lions Online

Looking to watch 'The Chairman and the Lions' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Peter Biella-directed movie via subscription can be difficult, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Chairman and the Lions' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch 'The Chairman and the Lions' right now, here are some details about the documentary flick.

Released , 'The Chairman and the Lions' stars The movie has a runtime of about 46 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from experienced users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "As recently as forty years ago most sections of the Maasai were seminomadic and relatively independent of the nationstate However political social and economic changes in East Africa have forced many herders to adopt a sedentary lifestyle The Chairman and the Lions introduces Frank Kaipai Ikoyo a charismatic Ilparakuyo Maasai who at thirtythree is the leader of a Tanzanian village called Lesoit Ikoyo was elected to his post at the age of twentysix in part because he had completed primary school That someone so young would be accorded such authority would have been without precedent not long ago Yet this ethnography of Ikoyos duties as village chairman shows how literacy and insight into the workings of the nationstate are essential for Maasai to combat the many lions both real and figurative that beset them land grabbers bush lawyers unemployment outmigration and poverty"

'The Chairman and the Lions' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Kanopy .