This documentary takes audiences into the heart of Africa's Congo Basin to meet the men and women trying to save the forest elephant from extinction.
Cinematography
Moss-drenched darkness that makes the forest feel sentient.
Writing
No narration—lets Congolese voices carry every frame.
Director
Mariah Wilson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wilson shot for four years but the finished film covers only eight months; most of her footage was confiscated twice by corrupt officials who mistook her hard drives for mining data.
The 'silent' in the title refers to elephant communication—forest elephants use infrasound below human hearing, a language being erased with the species. The film's sound design deliberately leaves these frequencies audible to subwoofers.
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