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Boomerang Places

Oct 16, 2019 | Apes Like Us, Before They're Gone Film, Blog, Film & Video, Our Founder News

Where is Gerry now? Now I find myself back in Zambia, at the end of the Copperbelt. A desolated piece of Earth robbed of virtually all life by the greed of a world desperate for copper. Copper for everything from electrical wires, and cooking pots, to electronics and...

Patience: Day Seven of Quarantine

May 9, 2019 | Before They're Gone Film, Film & Video

Is it my Western impatience, or the urgency of wanting to tell this story, or film-maker wanting to work impatience, or little kid wanting adventure impatience, or is it the confluence of all those? I’m not certain, but ten days of quarantine, while we make certain...

Pre-Trailer: Beginning Before They’re Gone

Apr 30, 2019 | Before They're Gone Film

After weeks of digging through old files, clips, interviews, and oh so much B-roll of great apes, we have just released our new pre-trailer for the Before They’re Gone film. And before I type another word – huge thanks to my co-creator Tracy MacDonald and editor...