Without a doubt director Mark Hanlin's best ever work which will be hard to eclipse, and a formidable potential contender for Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca. In some ways has a similar feel to Alex Meillier's Alias Ruby Blade (meets Gorillas in the Mist), with inspiration drawn from sheer determination and humanity rather than persecution or individuals' struggles for recognition. The standing ovation for stars Jim and Jean Thomas at the end of the world premiere in Melbourne (Aus) was well deserved.
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Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a tree kangaroo from extinction and ended up providing water and sanitation to ten thousand people in one of the most remote places on earth.
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March 23, 2021 at 05:01 AM
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Local masterpiece with global appeal
Conservation and Empowerment in PNG
What an example of how to implement species conservation and village level development in the jungle of PNG. This documentary bursts with dreams and achievement with the core theme of stopping local tribes from hunting an almost extinct species of very cute tree kangaroo and at the same time replacing protein for the villages. A key was bringing water tanks into that mountainous environment, quite gripping footage of the tribespeople manoeuvring those tanks through the jungle by man and women power alone. Humanity wins in this movie, full of emotion and humanity, what beautiful and strong people those Papuans are, we can all help each other to improve lives and threatened living species can recover.
Unique footage of PNG - Don't Miss!
This is a truly inspirational multi-faceted true story set in the magnificent Torricelli Mountains in PNG. Wonderful film making with great subjects - The people of the Torricelli Mountains and the environment itself are the stars but the heroes are Jim and Jean Thomas. Jim and Jean facilitate an insight into possibilities - and give us hope that humans can be effective, considerate and intelligent creatures that really can have an effect on the betterment of our planet.