People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988)

People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
85 min + 52 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
Tanzania ( Africa, Middle East )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Hugo Van Lawick

Written By:
Jane Goodall
Hugo Van Lawick

Actors:
Colin Scot ..... Narrator

Synopsis:

This lavishly filmed documentary is an amazing record of three generations of a Chimpanzee family, filmed by legendary filmmaker Hugo Van Lawick over a twenty year period, working alongside the infamous Jane Goodall. Jane Goodall spent much of her life documenting and protecting the endangered chimpanzees of Gombe in Tanzania and Hugo filmed her achievements and progress, resulting in the most complete and perceptive film study ever, of chimpanzees living in their wild and natural habitat.People of the Forest, which has won many awards including two Emmy's®, depicts the struggles between differing troops of chimpanzees, the predators they face and the forces of nature that impact their very own survival. The story follows its main 'characters', Flo, the clan matriarch, and Fifi, a young female who ascends from 'girlhood' to become the clan matriarch. This ground-breaking documentary will leave you with a strong sense of empathy for the chimps and a greater respect for our closest cousins.

Until Jane Goodall came along, field studies of the life-cycles of major primates and mammals were a rare thing. Arrogant biologists somehow imagined that they understood all there was to know about these beings from their captive behaviors. This lavishly filmed documentary, sponsored by the National Geographic Society, draws upon her research into the behavior of a tribe of chimpanzees (and features many of those followed in her research) to show the character of their community over a period of twenty years. The story's main "characters" include Flo, the clan matriarch, and Fifi, whose ascension from "girlhood" to become the clan matriarch is shown. Obviously, this carefully crafted film took a very long time to create and features a fine script by Nancy LeBrun and is narrated by Britain's Helen Mirren.

Draws upon the research of anthropologist Jane Goodall into the behavior of a tribe of chimpanzees, showing the character of their community over a period of twenty years.

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