Alfred Bama, an animal keeper from Cameroon, has an extraordinary connection with gorillas. "Nyango," one of the gorillas he looks after, is the world's only Cross River gorilla in captivity. Until just a few years ago, this species was thought to be extinct. Now, Bama embarks on the greatest challenge of his life: locating Nyango's family in the wild to protect them before it's too late.
Cinematography
Dense Cameroon jungle captured with you-are-there immediacy.
Production
Access to rare Cross River gorillas nobody else has filmed.
Director
Ernst Sasse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cross River gorillas were rediscovered in the 1980s after being declared extinct; fewer than 300 remain in the wild.
Alfred Bama represents a generation of African conservationists rarely centered in Western nature docs—he's not the 'expert' observing, he's the community member fighting.
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