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| 1. The Shaman's Apprentice |
| Director: Catherine Winter |
TX Date: 4 May 2008 (18h00) |
The Karoo's endless arid landscape stretches from one far horizon to the other. But there is more than just solitude and silence, an atmosphere of ancient mystery broods over it like some intangible spirit ceaselessly mourning the primeval past. This should come as no surprise, seeing as Karoo means 'land of thirst'. In the early mornings or late afternoons, when the sun is oblique and the air cool, the Karoo is in its most enigmatic mood: the dawns and sunsets are like vast volcanic eruptions of red, orange and gold. It is at these times that you will find Oom Johannes and his apprentice Antoinette Pienaar in the veldt.
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| 2. Distant Cousins |
| Director: Liza Key |
TX Date: 11 May 2008 (18h00) |
Kate-Jagoe Davies sustained a spinal cord injury in 1970 leaving her quadriplegic at the age of 15. Now living in the natural surrounds of Pringle Bay, where she and her husband, zoologist Bryan Davies, have been retired for five years, their paths have crossed that of a wild troop of Chacma Baboons. She was, at first, nervous about getting too close to baboons. However, a lone encounter in their kitchen with a large male baboon changed their lives. Years later, she and Bryan have developed an unusually close relationship with the troop that now seems to accept them as part of the troop.
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| 3. Ultimate Encounter |
| Director: Clifford Bestall |
TX Date: 18 May 2008 (18h00) |
Kirsten Bond always knew she wanted to work in the wild. Fate would have it that she drew a rhino for a school art competition and won. The prize was to go to a wilderness school which served to confirm her dream of working with wild animals. Through dogged determination she got a job in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi park working on research on black rhino. One day, while she was collecting dung samples from a boma, the rhino that was supposed to be held in a separate enclosure, suddenly appeared in front of her. It was alarmed and angry. More... |
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| 4. The Turtle Man Of Watamu |
| Director: Liz Fish |
TX Date: 1 June 2008 (18h00) |
Kahindi Changawa Galo, a 27 year old Kenyan, started work as a housekeeper at the Local Ocean Trust when his father retired from the job. Fascinated by the turtle protection and marine conservation work of the Trust, he began working with the local fishermen by persuading them to bring turtles that were accidentally caught in their nets to the Trust, rather than slaughtering them or selling their shells to tourists. Very soon the Trust recognised his skills and the influence he held over the local community, and so he became part of the Turtle Watch Team.
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| 5. Laxmi's Blessings |
| Director: Karen Slater |
TX Date: 6 July 2008 (17h55) |
In India elephants are considered to be the most intelligent of animals and are held in high regard. The Hindu deity Ganesh has a human body and an elephant�s head, and is known as the lord of wisdom. He has the highest status amongst the gods, making him very popular, with millions of temples, shrines, statues erected in his honour. There are pictures of him all over India as he is seen as the remover of obstacles and is invoked before beginning any project or ceremony.
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| 6. The Unforgetting |
| Director: Clifford Bestal |
TX Date: 13 July 2008 (17h55) |
A man with a close bond to wilderness and the people who live in it has a terrible car accident. He dies for a number of minutes before being resuscitated by an ambulance crew. When he regains consciousness in hospital, he has lost his memory and doesn’t even know who he is.
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| 7. Cheetah Man |
| Director: Henner Frankenfort |
TX Date: 20 July 2008 (17h55) |
Walter, a 32 year old long term drug addict and psychiatric patient from Switzerland, is participating in a drug rehabilitation program on a farm in remote northern Namibia. There, he has developed a relationship with Samira, an adult female cheetah who is deaf after being attacked by poachers who killed her mother and her siblings. As the bond between the two outsiders deepens, Walter knows that the day will come when he has to leave Samira behind and start a new life back home.
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| 8. Force of Nature |
| Director: Marisa van Jaarsveld |
TX Date: 27 July 2008 (17h55) |
This is the remarkable story of how a natural disaster gave meaning and purpose not only to the life of a South African man, but also gave hope of a better future to the community devastated by it. When the 2004 boxing day Tsunami struck the North-Western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, the 20 meter high wall of water claimed the lives of 160 000 people, and yet, today, the locals refer to the tsunami as a blessing in disguise
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| 9. Urban Cowboy |
| Director: Liz Fish |
TX Date: 3 August 2008 (17h55) |
Kendré comes from a very ”tough time” as he puts it. He grew up in a broken home, was an Americans gang member and the school bully. He dropped out of school in Grade 10 and started work as a stable hand at the Oude Molen riding school in the heart of Cape Town’s urban hustle and bustle. Today he owns the school and 38 horses and is a beacon of hope in a harsh urban environment for both kids and horses alike. This inspiring individual was healed by working with horses, and is now giving back to the horses and children around him in his own private capacity, without funding, no board of trustees, or worthy volunteers
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| 10. Flight to Heaven |
| Director: Virginia Witts |
TX Date: 10 August 2008 (17h55) |
Although many consider the vulture one of the ugliest birds in nature, it heals the environment through its role as cleaner of the veldt, and also brings about a sense of peace and serenity to the souls of individuals like Maria Diekmann and her husband, whose burial wishes differ greatly from the norm. This film investigates the philosophy of sky burials - being eaten and carried to the heavens by vultures after death - as practiced in many cultures throughout the ages, and scrutinizes its place in modern society.
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| 11. The Meerkat Man |
| Director: Jane Kennedy |
TX Date: 17 August 2008 (17h55) |
This film is a study of Grant McIlrath: AKA The Meerkat Man and his unique relationship with the meerkat colony he has been living and working with for the past 5 years. Grant and the meerkats are in a uniquely symbiotic relationship that is best encapsulated by the phrase: Meerkat Magic and this story, set as it is in the landscape of the almost surrealistic little Karoo, is full of innocence, politics, dreams, intrigue and, last but not least, a dash of love.
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| 12. Message in the Eye |
| Director: Greg Nelson |
TX Date: 31 August 2008 (17h55) |
When Wendy and her sister Norma were both diagnosed with terminal cancer, they were dealt a severe blow, especially after the same deadly disease claimed the lives of the brother, and prior to that their father’s. But the greatest inspiration of all has come in an unexpectedly large form: that of an elephant. After both girls visit a game farm with domesticated elephants, they experience as inexplicable calm and positive healing effect on both their bodies and minds, and vow to write a book about it.
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| 13. Edge of the Forest |
| Director: Marisa van Jaarsveld |
TX Date: 31 August 2008 (18h25) |
Trudging through the Borneo swamp forest encountering leaches, snakes and monitor lizards is all in a days work for WWF Malaysia CEO, Dr Dino Sharma. In fact, it is within these jungles of Malaysia that Dino finds the peace he has sought since childhood. Speaking candidly about the effect that the jungle can have on the soul of a man, this remarkable conservationist takes us on a journey to meet the custodians of the shrinking rainforest – the Orang-utans and the Pygmy elephants
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