Storytelling to save the Delta

Friday, April 27, 2018

Sven Falconer (music composer) Kaya Ensor (co-producer) Michael Ulica (National Geographic Society Interim President) Water Setlabosha, Adjany Costa, Neil Gelinas (Producer) Steve Boyes, Clara Wu (Executive Producer) Geoff Daniels (Executive Producer) PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

On Sunday, Earth Day, National Geographic’s (NatGeo) Into the Okavango film was premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in New York, US. Staff Writer THALEFANG CHARLES, who has followed the genesis of the film from Angola to Botswana, sat in the front row to witness the premiere and report from New York

NatGeo’s Into the Okavango film combines art, adventure and the power of storytelling in an inspiring endeavour to save the Okavango Delta – the 1,000th UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Recognised as one of the most iconic natural areas on the planet, The Okavango Delta was listed as the 1,000th World Heritage Site at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar. It joined Ngamiland’s Tsodilo Hills on the World Heritage List. The film is a powerful documentary of a team of world-renowned researchers, scientists, talented photographers, filmmakers, and rivermen exploring the entire river basin of the Okavango from Angola’s highlands.

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