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NATURE & WILDLIFE
silverback
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‘Silverback’ is an epic observational
documentary following the award- winning unprecedented

wildlife cinematographer Vianet Djenguet
as he joins the effort to protect the critically rare access to
endangered eastern lowland gorillas of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kahuzi-Biega

Born in neighbouring Republic of the Congo, and with a Duration
specialist interest in filming gorillas, Vianet was the perfect 1x90’ national park”
choice to be invited to the Kahuzi-Biega national park to
document the work being carried out there to habituate Credits
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some of the region’s endemic sub-species. production for BBC,
France Télévisions &
Habituation is the process of gradually familiarizing wild Xumo in association
gorillas to human presence so that conservationists can with Featurist Films
carry out vital work to help raise the animals’ population YOP
back up to safe and acceptable levels. However with the DRC 2023
still suffering from the impacts of war, will this extremely
personal journey for Vianet help in the effort to save the Definition
largest gorilla sub-species from extinction. 4K

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