Plot Synopsis

GORONGOSA PARK: REBIRTH OF PARADISE is a six-part documentary series that follows filmmaker Bob Poole, as he explores Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, where rewilding efforts have been made to restore populations of its creatures after a civil war nearly destroyed the park. Poole is joined in the effort by specialists who include: his sister, renowned elephant researcher Joyce Poole; philanthropist Greg Carr, who is founding president of the project's oversight committee; and renowned scientist and conservationist Edward O. Wilson, who serves as a scientific advisor to the park. Together they explore its most remote areas and make new scientific discoveries while telling dramatic stories of war-traumatized elephants who charge humans on sight, lions that are fighting dynastic battles as well as poachers' snares, and tiny yet epic struggles in the insect world that affect the entire ecology. Every creature plays a part in the rebirth of this complex ecosystem.