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Animal Conservation. Human-Animal relationships

Pant Hoot

Documentary Short Film | 21:00 Min

 

Synopsis:  A genocide survivor transcends overwhelming odds to become a master chimpanzee linguist

As the world’s chimpanzee population dwindles in the wild, one-man risks everything to care for a group of mistreated animals rescued by Jane Goodall’s Chimp Eden Sanctuary in South Africa. Stany Nyandwi, a survivor of the Burundi genocide, overcomes insurmountable odds to become one of the only humans to master the complicated ‘pant hoot’ chimp language. Recognizing that it’s not just a chimpanzee/human struggle, he’s taken it upon himself to reconnect with our closest relatives on this planet.
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Love knows no man-made boundaries in this universal story about understanding.

Topics: Animal Conservation. Human-Animal relationships


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