Page 12 - Spring Lineup 2019

To many life-forms, the border between land and sea is an invaluable habitat. From cliffs to tidepools, from reefs to sand dunes - all are home to members of the animal kingdom. It is an environment of extremes where seal colonies take advantage of the cool waters and the fish that congregate here. The seals attract predators, but the surrounding cliffs make an attack by predators unlikely. Some animals spend all of their lives here. But not all.
Terra Mater Factual Studios
Throughout the whole night, a male ostrich has been guarding his most-prized treasure: a nest full of eggs – the next generation. Will the chicks manage to hack their way out of the thick-walled eggs? Freezing cold mornings and even snow – in Africa? Welcome to Mount Kenya! At over 5,199 metres, it’s the second highest mountain in Africa. To survive here you need a thick skin – and the fur of the cheeky little rock dassies is thick enough to endure the coldest winter. Three male lions scan a thirsty buffalo herd in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. They hunt down a buffalo calf but the predators cannot yet feast in peace. The calf’s mother seeks revenge. A long, exhausting day in Africa draws to a close. Under a dome of twinkling stars, the day shift tries to rest. Tomorrow will bring life, death, failure and success all over again.
In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, 23-year- old, Anne Innis Dagg, travelled to South Africa becoming the first person in the world to study animal behaviour in the wild. Returning home a year later armed with ground-breaking research, the barriers Anne faced as a female scientist proved hard to overcome and in 1972 Anne transformed into a feminist activist. Anne was missing from the world of giraffes until 2010 when she was headhunted by giraffologists and not just brought back into the fold but also finally celebrated for her work. Now, Anne takes us on her first expedition back to Africa to retrace her footsteps. ‘The Woman Who Loves Giraffes’ offers an intimate look into Anne’s life as a young woman, juxtaposed with a first-hand look at the devastating reality that giraffes are facing today.
No other land mammal displays such dazzling diversity as man’s best friend. It’s hard to believe that a great dane and a chihuahua belong to the same species. ‘The Wonder of Dogs’ celebrates and interrogates the dog in all its spectacularly different and unlikely forms. From ancient predator to household pet, the evolution of dogs is arguably the greatest success story in the animal kingdom.
Wild Ways Of The Coast
1 x 60’ or 1 x 90’, 2019, HD
Wonders of Africa: What A
Difference A Day Makes!
1 x 60’, 2018, HD
Terra Mater Factual Studios
Windfall Films
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
1 x 60’ or 1 x 83’, 2019, HD
Free Spirit Films
The Wonder Of Dogs
3 x 60’, 2013, HD
Nature & Wildlife