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.
Sigourney Weaver
Dian Fossey (voice)
Dian Fossey
Herself (archive footage)
Biography67%
Top Gear79%
MegaStructures75%
American Masters70%
Earth at Night in Colour81%
How Do They Do It?76%
30 for 3075%
Nature79%
Natural World74%
Quarterback79%
The Secret Life of Our Pets74%
History's Greatest Mysteries78%
Down to Earth with Zac Efron76%
Rafa86%
Horizon73%
Planet Earth II86%
Planet Earth III85%
Planet Earth86%
Captains of the World85%
The Men Who Built America81%
