Silent Forests
Feb 24, 2019 | IMDB 5.7
109 min Watch NowDocumentary
This documentary takes audiences into the heart of Africa's Congo Basin to meet the men and women trying to save the forest elephant from extinction.
Documentary
This documentary takes audiences into the heart of Africa's Congo Basin to meet the men and women trying to save the forest elephant from extinction.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
When Elephants Were Young
Elephant
Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story
Serengeti Shall Not Die
Elephant: Lord of the Jungle
The Secret Life of Elephants
Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale
An Apology to Elephants
Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
Ashes and Snow
In the Footsteps of Elephant
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
The Ramba Effect
Born to Be Wild
The Elephant Queen
Kimana Tuskers
Soul of the Elephant
Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
Balakrishna
SIMILAR MOVIES
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1995
Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by The National Geographic Society.When Elephants Were Young
IMDB 8.5 | Aug , 2016
A young man and his young elephant street beg in gritty Bangkok amid the controversial elephant business that threatens their survival, until the opportunity comes to release the elephant to the wild.Elephant
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 2020
Disneynature’s Elephant follows African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo as their herd make an epic journey hundreds of miles across the vast Kalahari Desert. Led by their great matriarch, Gaia, the family faces brutal heat, dwindling resources and persistent predators, as they follow in their ancestors’ footsteps on a quest to reach a lush, green paradise.Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story
IMDB 8.1 | Apr , 2018
Ashley Bell and a team of elephant rescuers led by world renowned Asian elephant conservationist Lek Chailert, embark on a daring 48-hour mission across Thailand to rescue a 70-year old captive blind Asian elephant and bring her to freedom.Serengeti Shall Not Die
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 1959
The film tells of the beginnings of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. At the end of the 1950s, the Tanzanian National Park Administration wanted to fence in the protected area around the Ngorongoro Crater. Bernhard and Michael Grzimek were invited by the national park administration in 1957 to get a precise picture of the animal migrations and to provide the national park administration with the values they needed for their project. Using a new counting method with two airplanes, the Grzimeks found out that the migration of the herds was different than assumed.Elephant: Lord of the Jungle
IMDB 10 | Jan , 1987
Great herds of Asian elephants once roamed from Baghdad to Beijing. Now only remnants of these once mighty herds survive, protected today by the Indian government. It is here that filmmaker Naresh Bedi turns his camera, capturing an intimate portrait of thee largest of land mammals. An adult elephant eats 300 pounds of green fodder and drinks 40 gallons of water a day. This film follows these gentle giants as they forage and feed, wallow in watering holes, dust their skin with dirt, and care for their young.The Secret Life of Elephants
IMDB 9 | Jan , 2009
Set against the backdrop of one of Africa's most stunning locations – the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya – this compelling series follows the remarkable stories of wild elephants. From the first faltering steps of Breeze, a new born, to the experiences of elderly matriarch Harmattan, this series explores behaviour and relationships revealing elephants to be caring and compassionate beings.Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 2016
The incredible, true-life story of a baby elephant born into a rescue camp in the wilderness of Botswana. When she's suddenly orphaned at one month of age, it's up to the men who look after her herd to save her life.An Apology to Elephants
IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 2013
Elephants are among the most majestic and intelligent creatures on Earth--but for hundreds of years, they have suffered at the hands of humans. Narrated by Lily Tomlin, this documentary short traces our long history with elephants and explores the many problems that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.Mahout: The Great Elephant Walk
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2014
Imagine walking some of the largest land animals in existence across one of the most densely populated regions on earth. Intelligent, majestic and awe-inspiring, Elephants have a long and fascinating history with man. On this epic journey we experience the modern day relationship between man and beast.Ashes and Snow
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2005
Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. The 60-minute feature is a poetic narrative rather than a documentary. It aims to lift the natural and artificial barriers between humans and other species, dissolving the distance that exists between them.In the Footsteps of Elephant
IMDB 8 | Mar , 2020
Follow filmmakers as they capture the epic journey of African elephants across the Kalahari desert. The team faces extreme weather, inaccessible terrain, crocodile-infested waters and close encounters with lions in order to shine a light on these remarkable creatures and their ancient migrations.Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 1927
Elephants disrupt the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam, and an entire village.The Ramba Effect
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2025
Guided by compassionate experts and a devoted team of volunteers, Ramba, an Asian elephant who endured 50 years of isolation in a Chilean circus, embarks on an extraordinary 2,550-mile journey to her new home at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil.Born to Be Wild
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2011
Born to Be Wild observes various orphaned jungle animals and their day-to-day behavioural interactions with the individuals who rescue them and raise them to adulthood. The film unfurls in two separate geographic spheres. Half of it takes place in the rain forests of Borneo, where celebrated primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas assists baby orangutans; the other half takes place on the arid savannahs of Kenya, where zoologist Dame Daphne Sheldrick works with baby elephant calves.The Elephant Queen
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2019
Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape.Kimana Tuskers
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2021
There are fewer than 20 tuskers left on earth, where ivory still sweeps the ground. Filmed throughout the Greater Amboseli ecosystem in Kenya, Kimana Tuskers is a short film of epic proportions. Follow the famous tusker known as Craig, and the younger elephant bulls who entrust their lives to him as they navigate a vanishing landscape through the Kimana Wildlife Corridor. This is the passage of experience, a brotherhood, built on respect, trust and loyalty, and what awaits them is the promised land, so that one day their sons will rise to be kings…Soul of the Elephant
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2015
As the largest living terrestrial mammals, elephants are usually considered as survivors under even the most dire climatic conditions. But all too often, these majestic giants are killed illegally for their ivory tusks. So, every dead full-grown elephant, whose carcass or skeleton is found with the tusks still in it, is a symbol of paradise – an elephant allowed to die of natural causes instead of bullets, snares or poison.Cher & the Loneliest Elephant
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2021
"The World's Loneliest Elephant" Kaavan will finally experience freedom, thanks to his biggest champion, the one & only Cher. We'll follow Cher, Free The Wild, Four Paws International, and Kaavan on every step of the trip.Balakrishna
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2019
When an extraordinary new resident – Balakrishna, an Indian elephant – arrived in the town of East River, Nova Scotia, in 1967, no one was more in awe of the creature than young Winton Cook, who became inseparable from his mammoth new friend. Using painterly animation, photographs and home-movie treasures, Balakrishna transmits the wistfulness of childhood memories, while evoking themes of friendship and loss, and issues of immigration and elephant conservation.