Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist - Season 1 - Eps 2: Dark Side of the Mountain

2017-12-1343 min⭐ 7/10

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.”

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About Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

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

Sigourney Weaver

Dian Fossey (voice)

Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey

Herself (archive footage)

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