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Into the Okavango
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Into the Okavango

2018-04-22 · 94 min · ★ 7.5

Documentary · TV Movie

A passionate conservation biologist brings together a river bushman fearful of losing his past and a young scientist uncertain of her future on an epic, four-month expedition across three countries, through unexplored and dangerous landscapes, in order to save the Okavango Delta, one of our planet's last pristine wildernesses.

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Directors
Neil Gelinas
Production companies
National Geographic, National Geographic Documentary Films
Countries
Angola, Botswana, United States of America, Namibia, South Africa
Status
Released

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Steve BoyesSteve BoyesSelf

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