Synopsis
With her marine environment changing beyond her control, a traditional Vezo fisherwoman lives on a knife edge.

Accolades
• Won seven international awards
• Honourable Mention, Jackson Wild (“nature film’s equivalent to the Oscars”)
• Featured on Greenpeace's Vital Ocean Voices

Madagascar | 2019 | 15 min

Did you know?
Filmed over four months, Kokoly is presented by the Sundance Institute’s Stories of Change initiative.

Want to know what happened when Kokoly’s village watched the film?
Read more here.

Want to watch & discuss with a friend?

Share

Explore more pan-African nature documentaries →

Synopsis
Despite growing up near Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Elias Mubobo had never seen a pangolin until he started working there as a vet. Now he helps rehabilitate rescued pangolins and educate the surrounding community about them.

Accolades
Nominated in the Conservation - Short Form category at Jackson Wild, often billed as ‘the Green Oscars.’

Augusto Bila | Mozambique | 2024 | 12 min

Did you know?
Pangolins are the only scaled mammals on earth, but their scales have made them the most trafficked mammal in the world, despite being among the cutest.

Hundreds of thousands of pangolins are illegally trafficked each year, with their scales sold for use in traditional medicine.


Pangolin Protectors came out of NEWF partnering with Gorongosa to run The African Science Film Fellowship, a year-long project with 12 African filmmakers, including Bila. The fellowship was backed by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, who produced the Oscar-nominated documentary All That Breathes.

Pangolin Protectors was screened as part of Wild Hope, Tangled Bank’s series highlighting the change-makers restoring our wild places and sparking new hope for the future of our planet.

Want to watch & discuss with a friend?

Share

Explore more pan-African nature documentaries →

Synopsis
From desert to delta to savannah, two things never change in the Okavango: it is always beautiful and always deadly. A breathtaking nature documentary about a landscape that transforms completely every year.

Accolades
Nominated for Emmys for its cinematography and Angela Bassett's narration

Brad Bestelink | Botswana | 2018 | 1 hr 33

Did you know?
Director Brad Bestelink is a fourth-generation Motswana who founded the multi-award-winning Natural History Film Unit.

Want to watch & discuss with a friend?

Share

Explore more pan-African nature videos →