One of the many projects sponsored by WildiZe Foundation is the new documentary film about elephants, Walking Thunder, made by the award-winning filmmakers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson.
A recent article in the publication, The Hill, describes the amazing film, and the influential fans the movie has won over.
“The documentary has received praise from none other than Jane Goodall and Ken Burns.
“The time and talent dedicated over a 10-year span has resulted in a mesmerizing portrait of the wild Africa that still remains, despite increasing pressure from both the wildlife trafficking trade and the ever-growing human population,” Goodall wrote of the film.
“I don’t think I’d ever ‘seen’ elephants so quietly and elegantly as this film allows us to see them,” Burns wrote. “They feel familiar and utterly fantastic at the same time.”
The filmmakers have been working on this passion project, Walking Thunder, for a number of years.
“Christo and Wilkinson have spent decades telling the story of elephants. Through photography, film and art, they have shown the annual migrations, the majesty, the playfulness and the challenges they face in their survival. And, in their many interviews of locals in Kenya, Tanzania and other parts of the continent, they relay the stories indigenous tribes tell about their encounters with the gentle giants. (Christo has art in his blood, being the son of famed artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude.)”
Viewers can watch the film preview for Walking Thunder here.