Healing Power of Nature

There is a theory that we have a human instinct to conserve nature – it’s known as biophilia. But more often than not, it is nature that conserves us. Why is this? It is a question that is puzzled over in the Healing Power of Nature Series. Each 24-minute film centres on the ways nature can heal us.

The resultant series combines the long tradition of African story-telling with documentary film making techniques, educating by entertaining and mixing the reality of the African wilderness with the magic of African cosmology. The films involved some of South Africa’s most talented cinematographers, journalists and directors.Created by Mafisa Media in conjunction with African Renaissance Productions for SABC3, the series is overseen by executive producer Michael Raimondo and Eddie Kouch.