Episode Information

Silverback is an award winning feature-length documentary following wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet as he joins the effort to protect the critically endangered eastern lowland gorillas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Born in the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, Vianet has been invited by the Kahuzi-Biega National Park to document this often challenging but vital conservation work. However, with the DRC still suffering the impacts of war, can the planet’s largest primates be rescued from extinction?

Silverback is a 2023 Jackson Wild Media Awards Winner of the Grand Teton Award, People & Nature Long Form Award & On Screen Personality Award to Vianet Djenguet.