Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku

Last updated
Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku
Directed by Todd 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]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheffield DocFest</span> Documentary festival in Sheffield, England

Sheffield DocFest, short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an international documentary festival and Industry Marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thessaloniki Documentary Festival</span>

The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is an international documentary festival held every March in Thessaloniki, Greece. TDF, founded in 1999, features competition sections and ranks among the world's leading documentary festivals. Since 2018, TDF is one of the 28 festivals included in the American Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences Documentary Feature Qualifying Festival List. TDF is organized by the Thessaloniki Film Festival cultural institution, which further organizes the annual Thessaloniki International Film Festival, held every November. French producer Elise Jalladeu is TDF's general director; film critic Orestes Andreadakis serves as its director.

The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is the largest documentary festival in North America. The event takes place annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 27th edition of the festival took place online throughout May and June 2020. In addition to the annual festival, Hot Docs owns and operates the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, administers multiple production funds, and runs year-round screening programs including Doc Soup and Hot Docs Showcase.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leeds International Film Festival</span> Film festival

The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is an annual film festival hosted in Leeds, West Yorkshire. It is the largest film festival in England outside of London. Founded in 1987, it is held in November in various venues throughout Leeds, including Hyde Park Picture House and Cottage Road Cinema. In 2022, the festival showed 140 films from 78 different countries, shorts and features, both commercial and independent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julia Bacha</span> Brazilian documentary filmmaker

Julia Bacha is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker. She has filmed under-documented stories from the Middle East including issues related to Palestine. Her 2021 film, Boycott, explores anti-boycott legislation and related freedom of speech issues.

Li Yu is a Chinese female film director and screenwriter. Li began her career in entertainment at a young age, serving as a presenter at a local TV station. After college, she worked for CCTV, where she directed television programs before moving on to documentaries and feature films.

Artists and Orphans: A True Drama is a 2001 American documentary film documenting a group of American artists traveling to the Republic of Georgia for an art festival, and their subsequent effort to provide humanitarian aid to a group of local orphans. Directed and written by Lianne Klapper McNally, upon its debut in 2001, the Daily Nexus described it as "heart-wrenching and eventually heart-warming," as well as "short, gritty and brilliantly scored." The film won Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and it was nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 74th Academy Awards. Artists and Orphans had won multiple film festival awards by 2002, debuting on television several months later through WE tv.

Douglas J. Sloan is a filmmaker, known for his documentaries on the lives and work of renowned artists and photographers, such as photographers William Klein, Annie Leibovitz, Elliott Erwitt, William Eggleston, Helmut Newton, Diane Arbus and John G. Morris.

Justin Pemberton is a documentary filmmaker based in New Zealand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ky Dickens</span>

Ky Dickens is a filmmaker, writer and director best known for her documentaries Show Her The Money, Zero Weeks, Sole Survivor, The City That Sold America and Fish out of Water.

<i>Frackman</i> 2015 Australian film

Frackman is a 2015 Australian documentary film about the former construction worker turned anti-fracking activist Dayne Pratzky as he responds to the expansion of the coal seam gas industry near Tara, Queensland. The film was produced by Richard Todd of Aquarius Productions, Simon Nasht of Smith & Nasht and with Trish Lake of Freshwater Pictures and was Directed by Richard Todd of Aquarius Productions. The film also features the president of Lock the Gate, Drew Hutton, conservative radio personality Alan Jones and many other residents of Queensland and New South Wales.

Marina Zenovich is an American filmmaker known for her biographical documentaries. Her films include LANCE, Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic and Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, which won two Emmy awards.

Big Gold Dream is a 2015 film documenting the story of Scotland's post-punk scene, focusing on record labels Fast Product and Postcard Records. Directed by filmmaker Grant McPhee, the film's name is taken from the 1981 Fire Engines single of the same name, the final release on the Pop Aural label.

<i>The Biggest Little Farm</i> 2018 American film

The Biggest Little Farm is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by John Chester. The film profiles the life of John Chester and his wife Molly as they acquire and establish themselves on Apricot Lane Farms in Moorpark, California.

<i>Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up</i> 2019 Canadian film

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tasha Hubbard and released in 2019. The film centres on the 2016 death of Colten Boushie, and depicts his family's struggle to attain justice after the controversial acquittal of Boushie's killer. Narrated by Hubbard, the film also includes a number of animated segments which contextualize the broader history of indigenous peoples of Canada.

Television Event is an 2020 American-Australian documentary film, directed and produced by Jeff Daniels. It follows the making and release of The Day After, a film directed by Nicholas Meyer, which revolved around a nuclear war and was controversial upon release.

<i>Dionne Warwick: Dont Make Me Over</i> 2021 American film

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over is an American documentary film directed by Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner. It follows the life and career of Dionne Warwick.

Jeff Daniels is an American-Australian documentary film director and producer.

Todd McGrain is a visual artist and documentary filmmaker best known for The Lost Bird Project, a public art initiative memorializing birds driven to extinction in modern times.

<i>1745</i> (film) 2017 British drama short film

1745 is a 2017 British short drama film directed by Gordon Napier and co-produced by director himself with John McKay. The film stars Moyo Akandé and Morayo Akandé with Clive Russell, Buki Adenipikun, and Emmanuel Njoku in supporting roles.

References

  1. "Elephant Path – Njaia Njoku". Archived from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. "Elephant Path: LOST BIRD". Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. 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.[ permanent dead link ]
  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". Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.