28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Czechs Save… Antelopes in Senegal
director: Zdeněk Suchý
original title: Češi zachraňují... antilopy v Senegalu
country: Czech Republic
year: 2017
running time: 26 min.
synopsis
The largest antelope in the world, the giant eland, lives in the Senegalese savannah and is on the verge of extinction. Its numbers hover somewhere around the last two hundred individuals. A team led by engineer Karolína Brandlová has managed something unprecedented: At the Bandia Reservation just a few kilometers from the country’s capital, they have succeeded – through careful breeding and with the help of Senegalese preservationists and the operators of a local safari – to turn a group of just six antelopes into a herd numbering several dozen animals. The second episode of a documentary series hosted by Dan Bárta about endangered animals throughout the world.
more about film
director: | Zdeněk Suchý |
producer: | Kristýna Nováková |
script: | Zdeněk Suchý, Dan Bárta |
photography: | Petr Vejslík, Dan Bárta |
editing: | Vladimír Barák |
sound: | Michael Míček |