From mountain gorillas on the border of Rwanda, via late cocaine baron Pablo Escobar’s escaped hippos in Colombia, to island reserves where endangered Australian bandicoots can flourish away from predators introduced by misguided humans, a new documentary brings visually stunning views of successful wildlife restoration projects to the big screen – but skirts some weighty political questions.
“What is the cost of indifference, when is the point of no return,” begins the emotive narration by three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep. A whistle-stop tour of global environmental destruction, from cleared rainforest to bleached coral reefs answers the first question. The second is left hanging.
