Echo of the Elephants, The Story of an Elephant Family
Echo is the gentle matriarch of a family of elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. Watched over by distinguished research scientist and founder of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, Cynthia Moss, Echo leads her charge through the rough and the smooth, good times and bad, all captured faithfully on film by award-winning photographer Martyn Colbeck. In January 1990, Cynthia and Martyn embarked on the first of what would ultimately be four exceptional films produced over thirteen years in the shadow of the Great White Mountain, Kilimanjaro, documenting the lives of one elephant family for the BBC’s Natural History Unit. These uniquely moving and unforgettable films have wider implications for our understanding of elephants everywhere.
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Follows a family of African elephants led by their matriarch Echo, whose newest calf, Ely, was born unable to walk. Set in Kenya's Amboseli National Park where internationally recognized expert Cynthia Moss has been studying elephant life for over 20 years, the film chronicles 18 dramatic months in the lives of Echo and her family. 1 videodisc (60 min.) : 1/2 in DVD George Page, host Originally broadcast on the public television series: Nature Executive producer, Fred Kaufman ; scientific advisor & narrator, Cynthia Moss ; music composed by Henry Priestman ; Ely's theme by Garry Christian
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- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Nature Conservancy (U.S.), British Broadcasting Corporation., George Page
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