DEATH IN THE HEARTLANDS

In 2021 the world of athletics was shocked to its core when across 6 months, 3 female athletes were murdered in Kenya, two in the renowned elite running community of Iten.

One of those women was Olympian and two-time World Athletic Championship medalist, Agnes Tirop, found stabbed to death in her home soon after clinching a World Record in Germany. The day before Agnes’s murder, 27 year-old athlete Edith Muthoni was found dead in her home, and six months later a nationwide manhunt began after athlete Damaris Mutha was also found dead. All had been killed by the men closest to them – their partners and coaches. This is the story of all three women, and the proliferation of control and violence that goes hand in hand with the coaching of female athletes in Kenya and beyond…

DURATION

1 x 87-minutes

BROADCASTER

Showmax

YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2024

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION

UK & South Africa

Director

Arianna Perretta

Claire McArdle

Executive Producers

Rebecca Knight

Executive Producers

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