Documentaries

British nature documentary Virunga focuses on the conservation work of park rangers in Congo’s Virunga National Park.
Filmed during the rise of the violent M23 Rebellion in 2012, the film also explores the activity of a British oil company Soco International within the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Follow the stories of these park rangers as they care for the world’s only mountain gorillas, and their endeavours to protect the creatures and land from war, poaching and oil companies.

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Virunga (2014)

Director: Orlando von Einsiedel

Age Group: PG13

March of the Penguins is an incredible documentary that shows the treacherous journey emperor penguins take across hundreds of miles to mate.
While adorable, these flightless birds are actually quite tough! Your child will be amazed by their adventurous lives and how they face freezing conditions, predators, and other obstacles to start a family and raise their young

Documentary

March of the Penguins (2005)

Director: Luc Jacquet

Age Group: Middle school

This documentary follows filmmaker Craig Foster as he returns to the frigid waters of his childhood and starts swimming daily to combat burnout from his job.

At his doorstep is False Bay, located outside Cape Town, South Africa, which is home to one of the world’s unique ecosystems, the kelp forest! There, he meets a female Common Octopus with who he forms an unlikely but precious bond and who changes his life forever.

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My Octopus teacher (2020)

Director: Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed

Age Group: Middle school

The story of the remarkable bond between humans and animals. In the film, meet baby orangutans and elephants who have lost their families, along with the extraordinary people who rescue these orphans. Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas works with orangutans in the lush rain forests of Borneo. Dame Daphne M. Sheldrick works with elephants on Kenya's rugged savanna. Together, they and their teams are raising these incredible animals and returning them to the wild.

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Born to be Wild (2011)

Director: David Lickley

Age Group: Middle school

Arctic Tale is a film about the life cycle of a walrus and her calf, and a polar bear and her cubs. The animal characters named in the movie, "Nanu" the female polar bear and "Seela" the female walrus, are based on composites of animals in their species.

Arctic Tale is about the lives of animals that live in the North but also the struggles they face with climate change.

Documentary/Video

Arctic Tale

Main characters: Polar Bears and Walruses

Age Group: 7+

The incredible true story of nature’s greatest explorers—lemurs. Through footage captured with IMAX 3D, audiences go on a spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar.

Join trailblazing scientist Patricia Wright on her lifelong mission to help these strange and adorable creatures survive in the modern world.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman

Documentary

Island of Lemurs Madagascar (2014)

Warner Brothers

Age Group: PG

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