Decimated by war, Mozambique’s Zinave National Park is the 400,000-hectare canvas for conservation’s biggest gamble. Director Max Merlino goes beyond blue-chip nature, embedding himself in the messy, high-stakes logistics of bringing back entire species, one crucial translocation at a time. This is an unflinching, intimate account of Zinave’s resurrection: the resilience of an ecosystem and the true cost of bringing a lost wilderness back to life.
Runtime: 1x 50′
Presenter:Max Merlino
Director & Editor:Max Merlino
Cinematographer:Rafael Barakat
Drone Pilot:Will Johs Field Recordings: Hassanji Koral
Original Music:Lucas Boetsh
Sound Mix:Marius Martin
SYNOPSIS
Decimated by war, Mozambique’s Zinave National Park is the 400,000-hectare canvas for conservation’s biggest gamble. Director Max Merlino goes beyond blue-chip nature, embedding himself in the messy, high-stakes logistics of bringing back entire species, one crucial translocation at a time. This is an unflinching, intimate account of Zinave’s resurrection: the resilience of an ecosystem and the true cost of bringing a lost wilderness back to life.
Runtime: 1x 50′
Presenter:Max Merlino
Director & Editor:Max Merlino
Cinematographer:Rafael Barakat
Drone Pilot:Will Johs Field Recordings:Hassanji Koral