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Narrated by award-winning actress Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve)


Trimates is the story of two generations of women: the young pioneers - Goodall, Fossey and Galdikas - who set out into the jungles over half a century ago, and the generation who followed their articles, transfixed by their stories and determined to follow the same distant paths.

Over 50 years ago, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas each embarked on remote, lonely journeys into the bush to live with our closest ancestors, the Great Apes. Decades later, they’ve made history, endured tragedy and inspired a generation of young women who’ve followed them into the rain forests to study of our origins and save a vanishing world. The Trimates not only transformed primatology, they helped transform the possibilities for women in science.

Featuring an original musical score, and up-close and personal footage filmed by one of the world’s most renowned natural history cinematographers, this film takes us deep into the jungles and mountains of Uganda, Borneo and Congo, as we explore the frontiers of important research and our human origins.

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Programme Details

DURATION
2 x 60’ / 1 x 90'
ORIGINAL BROADCASTER
cbc
OTHER BROADCASTERS
BBC America
AVAILABLE IN
HD