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short in spotlight
Pant Hoot
DIRECTED BY
Richard Reens
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.
Love knows no man-made boundaries in this universal story about understanding."
DURATION
00:21:00
COUNTRY
United States, Canada, South Africa
COMPLETION DATE
2020-02-04
CATEGORY
Wildlife, Nature, Documentary