Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist - Season 1 - Eps 1: Gorilla Girl
On an isolated mountainside in Rwanda, frightened cries cut through the early morning mist. As day broke on December 27, 1985, wildlife legend Dian Fossey was found dead by a machete attack. Fossey worked to save mountain gorillas from extinction but made dangerous enemies who may have taken her life.
About Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
Title: Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
First Air Date: 2017-12-06
Last Air Date: 2017-12-20
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 3
Network: National Geographic
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Dian Fossey's life story from childhood and her early days researching in Congo, through to her arrival in Rwanda, where she spent 18 years studying and protecting the mountain gorilla population. Through extensive and rarely seen archival footage, dozens of Fossey’s letters, interviews with friends and colleagues, and narration by Sigourney Weaver, the event series explores Fossey’s murder and the investigation and trial of her research student Wayne McGuire, who was found guilty in absentia of her murder by the Rwandan courts.
Cast
Sigourney Weaver
Dian Fossey (voice)
Dian Fossey
Herself (archive footage)
