Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist - Season 1 - Eps 2: Dark Side of the Mountain
Days after Dian Fossey's favorite gorilla is slaughtered, Sir David Attenborough arrives to film the gorillas, and the result is one of television's most treasured experiences with animals in the wild; later, Fossey writes “Gorillas in the Mist.”
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)
