National Geographic Video: Africa's Stolen River [VHS]

National Geographic Video: Africa's Stolen River [VHS]

National Geographic Video: Africa's Stolen River [VHS]
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Actor: National Geographic
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 60 minutes
Release Date: 1997-07-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: National Geographic Video
Studio: National Geographic Video

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Movie Review: a classic
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw this documentary on PBS and recorded it when it first came out. Since the time I've first seen it up to now, I think I must have watched it well over a hundred times. The narration is flawless as is the sound track and the filmography and editing. The sound track and the poetic narration make this one of the most compelling nature documentaries I've ever seen.
This documentary film is a seven year chronicle following the lives of African wildlife in Botswana as they struggle to find water after the Savuti channel has dried up due to drought. To the north in Botswana, there is a place called the Lynyanti River. Instinctually, many of the animals know what direction to go for water but not all of them will make the journey. As the animals migrate, they are drawn into close competition with one another. We see all kinds of interesting dramas unfold, but the film primarily focuses on a hippopotamus and her calf. The film begins with a pregnant hippo struggling to pull herself out of a drying up lake.
Some of the most dramatic scenes in the film include the following:
Young lions hassle a small group of hippos.
A female warthog tries to protect her young against a group of jackels.
An exausted elephant is reluctantly left behind by it's herd to die.
Cape hunting dogs attempt to break through a herd of zebra's line of defense. The zebras form a protective line and stand their ground to protect the young.
The one thing I got out of this documentary is that the journey was more important than the destination which was the Lynyanti River. This understanding applies to all things in life.
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Summary of National Geographic Video: Africa's Stolen River [VHS]

Journey to Botswana, Africa, where the Savuti Channel slowly disappears. Reputed to have been a vast lake, the channel appeared in 1957, and then mysteriously began to vanish again in 1982. Seven years in the making, AFRICA'S STOLEN RIVER follows the gradual but unrelenting transformation of a one-time paradise into a land of struggle and competition for hippopotamuses, elephants, lions, hyenas, and countless other creatures whose very lives depend upon the plenty of the channel itself.
The astonishing footage and poetic narrative that National Geographic is known for bring pure drama to a slice of African history. Filmmakers follow Botswana's Savuti Channel for seven years at it is dries up, causing hippopotamuses, elephants, and other wild animals to struggle, often in vain, to survive. While the words spoken are stirring--"Death is everywhere in Africa, but it is never in vain"--the pictures are sensational. Often many seconds elapse as the filmmakers allow their work to speak for itself. Elephants knock their young away from the precious water to ensure that the adults will survive, a herd of hippos desperate for moisture stand like statues in mud, and eerie night shots show unrelenting hyenas wait to attack (and it's discomforting to watch when they do). The studied portrait highlights the wisdom of animals and the unpredictable rhythms of African life. --Valerie J. Nelson

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