Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku

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Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku
Directed byTodd McGrain
Written byTodd McGrain
Produced byTodd McGrain
Scott Anger
CinematographyScott Anger
Edited bySara Khaki
Release date
  • 10 June 2018 (2018-06-10)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Central African Republic
Israel
LanguageEnglish

Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku, is a 2018 Central African documentary film directed by Todd McGrain and co-produced by McGrain and Scott Anger.[1][2] The film revolves around an unlikely alliance made by an American biologist, a Bayaka tracker, a Bantu eco-guard, and an Israeli security contractor where they started to protect the last wild herd of forest elephants of Central African Republic.[3][4]

The film premiered on 10 June 2018 at DOC NYC.[5][6] The film received positive reviews from critics and screened in many film festivals.[7][8] In 2019 at the Richmond International Film Festival, the documentary won the Best of Festival Award for the Documentary Feature. The film was also had many special screening world-wide: National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, NYU Law School, Santa Cruz Film Festival, Community Screening at Penn State University, Green Screen International Wildlife Film Festival, LoKo Arts Festival, Princeton Environmental Film Festival etc. In 2019 at the Wisconsin Film Festival, the film won the Golden Badger Award and then won the Best Feature Film Award at the Portland EcoFilm Fest.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Elephant Path – Njaia Njoku". Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. ^ "Elephant Path: LOST BIRD". Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  3. ^ McGrain, Todd. "Elephant Path - Njaia Njoku". WORLD Channel. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  4. ^ "Elephant Path / Njaia Njoku". New Day Films. 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  5. ^ "ELEPHANT PATH/NJAIA NJOKU". DOC NYC. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  6. ^ "Elephant Path/Njaia Njoku". Films for the Earth. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  7. ^ "Free screening, Q&A with director of 'Elephant Path' documentary on Sept. 25: Penn State University". news.psu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  8. ^ "detail". Green Screen Naturfilmfestival. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  9. ^ "Screenings – Past : Elephant Path – Njaia Njoku". Retrieved 2021-10-06.

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