Africa's Lost Eden

7.4
2010 0 hr 50 min Documentary

In the heart of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, the waters of Lake Urema explode with the thrashing of a giant crocodile tail. Gorongosa was once known as the place where Noah left his ark: 1,500 square miles of lush floodplains in central Mozambique, packed with wild animals. All around, enormous buffalo, soaring fish eagles, and countless antelopes roam freely. But on closer look, something strange is going on. Fifteen years of civil war has taken a heavy toll and many species have been almost completely wiped out. All the usual top predators and prey are virtually missing, except for one - giant crocodiles and thousands of them. Discover what is being done to bring this African oasis back to its former glory, including perhaps the most ambitious restoration effort ever attempted, with elephants, hippos and scores of zebra, wildebeest, impala and buffalo, being relocated into the park.

  • Cast:
    Keith David

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Dynamixor
2010/04/12

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Twilightfa
2010/04/13

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

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Mabel Munoz
2010/04/14

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

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Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
2010/04/15

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

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