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Dian Fossey was a seminal figure: a legendary leader in the wildlife conservation movement, a pioneer and visionary credited with saving mountain gorillas from the brink of extinction and a scientist whose work had a profound impact on our understanding of primates.
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who fought to protect the vanishing African mountain gorillas, who was found brutally murdered in 1985.
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist. Dian Fossey is widely celebrated for saving mountain gorillas from extinction. Her pioneering life was complex, and her enemies were rife. In 1985, Fossey was brutally slain in her remote mountain cabin. In the years since, one man has carried a heavy burden of injustice.
Dec 13, 2017 · Dian Fossey changed the way people view gorillas. She told the world how they lived and dedicated years to fighting a battle against encroaching gorilla poachers. Her obsession may have ended up killing her. Three decades after Fossey was murdered in a remote mountain cabin in Rwanda, National Geographic looks back at her life and legacy, from ...
Nov 18, 2017 · S1 E1 - Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist - Trailer. November 18, 2017. 1min. NR. Her life left a legacy. Her death remains a mystery. Culled from over 40 hours of rare archival footage – and with Dian's journal entries read by Sigourney Weaver – this 3-part special seeks to answer the haunting mystery of Dian Fossey's murder, and celebrate ...
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Dec 6, 2017 · Days after the slaughter of Dian Fossey's favourite gorilla, Digit, Sir David Attenborough arrives to find her coughing blood but insisting on taking him to film the gorillas in what becomes one of TV's most famous sequences.
It has now been over 30 years since the mysterious death of Dian Fossey, the primatologist who transformed the way we see gorillas. Fossey told the world how mountain gorillas live, and fought tooth and nail to save them. Her obsession may have cost her her life. Through extensive and rarely seen archival footage, dozens of Fossey’s letters, interviews with friends and colleagues, and narration by Sigourney Weaver, Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist tells her life story from childhood and ...
