Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction? 19:06 Min, Directors: Ragini Nath and Chinmoy Sonowal, Oct 2024, The Guardian
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year old farmer and father, has been taking care of one gibbon family while raising his own. When researcher Ishika Ramakrishna arrives to study human-gibbon interactions, she joins forces with Mohit and the villagers to tackle the gibbons’ urgent population decline, endangered by habitat loss, deforestation, and industrial catastrophe
Guardians of the Gibbons is available with Hindi subtitles which can be found in the video setting options. …
Key credits
Director: Ragini Nath and Chinmoy Sonowal
Producers: Gary Byeongsuk Kam, Kweighbaye Kotee
Editor: Manash Dutta
Director of Photography: Chinmoy Sonowal, Ragini Nath
Wildlife Cinematography: Sugandhi Gadadhar, Raghunath 'Rana' Belur
Music: Tapanjyoti Phukan
Location Sound Recordist: Gautam Baruah
Sound Design: Rahul Rabha
Colorist: Sersumbi Terang
Executive Producers for The Guardian: Lindsay Poulton, Jess Gormley
A Guardian Documentary
Length: 19mins
Source: The Guardian
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