This observational documentary chronicles a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas from extinction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Djenguet (Nature: My Congo) joins the park rangers of Kahuzi-Bienga National Park to get close to a wild gorilla troop and document them for three months.
With less than 5,000 eastern lowland gorillas left in the wild, the rangers’ goal is to create vital income from tourism by habituating a family of 23 gorillas, led by a silverback called Mpungwe, so tourists can safely observe them in the forest.
The revenue will not only fund the care and protection of the eastern lowland gorillas but also support the local community in efforts to reduce poaching, deforestation and the spread of disease.
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