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Champions of the Wild: Orangutans
199825 min 27 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jack Silberman
Production: Christian BruyèreIan HerringGeorge JohnsonMichael Chechik
Script: Andrew Gardner
Produced by Omni Film Productions Ltd. in association with the National Film Board and other partners.
This title is an acquisition.
The world's largest tree-dwelling primate, the endangered orangutan has been the victim of poaching, the ape trade and habitat destruction.
Dr. Biruté Galdikas has lived for over 35 years in the gruelling jungles of Borneo and Sumatra, fighting to save the orangutan. At first a passive observer, she soon became an activist researcher, rescuing orphaned victims of the ape trade, re-introducing captured orangutans into the wild and lobbying the Indonesian government to help protect these close relatives of humanity.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Asia - Southeast Asia
- Animals > Endangered SpeciesMammalsPortraits
- Environment and Conservation > Endangered SpeciesPortraits
Credits
- director
- Jack Silberman
- producer
- Christian Bruyère
- Ian Herring
- George Johnson
- executive producer
- Michael Chechik
- script
- Andrew Gardner
- narration
- Andrew Gardner
- camera
- Bill Schmalz
- sound
- Jim Ursulak
- editing
- Janice Brown
- music
- Michael Conway Baker
- participation
- Birute Galdikas