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Champions of the Wild: Lemurs
199825 min 43 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Chris Aikenhead
Production: Christian BruyèreIan HerringGeorge JohnsonMichael Chechik
Script: Chris Aikenhead
Produced by Omni Film Productions Ltd. in association with the National Film Board and other partners.
This title is an acquisition.
The remarkable ring-tailed lemur has existed for 60 million years. But unless steps are taken now, it will soon be extinct. 80% of the forests of Madagascar, where the lemurs live, have been destroyed. 90% of lemur species have disappeared forever.
Dr. Lisa Gould first saw ring-tailed lemurs in 1984, and she immediately fell in love. Her passion took her to a remote research centre in southern Madagascar where she now lives, studying the lemurs' intriguing behaviour and matriarchal social structure.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Africa
- Animals > Endangered SpeciesMammalsPortraits
- Environment and Conservation > Endangered SpeciesPortraits
Credits
- director
- Chris Aikenhead
- script
- Chris Aikenhead
- sound
- Chris Aikenhead
- producer
- Christian Bruyère
- Ian Herring
- George Johnson
- executive producer
- Michael Chechik
- camera
- Rudolf Kovanic
- editing
- Brian Hamilton
- narration
- Andrew Gardner
- music
- Michael Conway Baker
- participation
- Lisa Gould