Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist - Season 1 - Eps 3: Murder on the Mountain

2017-12-2043 min⭐ 7/10

Gorilla researcher Wayne McGuire is found guilty of Dian Fossey's murder after an inept investigation by Rwandan police. McGuire flees the country and is tried and convicted in absentia, living with the consequences of his conviction ever since.

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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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