Copies
1
Service
Media Library
Series
Nature: Extraordinary Animals
Publisher
PBS
Year
2010
THE GORILLA KING:
From the mountains in Rwanda comes an extraordinary story of destiny and triumph. At 33 years old, Titus, a 400-pound silverback gorilla, has ruled for nearly half his life. He still rules over 25 gorillas, an astonishing feat given the early trials he faced. When Titus was four, poachers slaughtered his father. Shortly after, an interloper named Beetsme killed his infant sister in a coup attempt. His mother and other sister fled, leaving him orphaned and abandoned. But something in his character led to greatness in a remarkable life that researchers - beginning with world-renowned primatologist Dian Fossey and young researcher Kelly Stewart, daughter of actor James Stewart - have chronicled since the day he was born. Unprecedented footage of silverback behavior, archival footage of Titus as a newborn, and observations by reachers and conservationists chart his dramatic rise to power, and the challenge to his throne today. Is Titus's great reign at an end? Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham narrates.
From the mountains in Rwanda comes an extraordinary story of destiny and triumph. At 33 years old, Titus, a 400-pound silverback gorilla, has ruled for nearly half his life. He still rules over 25 gorillas, an astonishing feat given the early trials he faced. When Titus was four, poachers slaughtered his father. Shortly after, an interloper named Beetsme killed his infant sister in a coup attempt. His mother and other sister fled, leaving him orphaned and abandoned. But something in his character led to greatness in a remarkable life that researchers - beginning with world-renowned primatologist Dian Fossey and young researcher Kelly Stewart, daughter of actor James Stewart - have chronicled since the day he was born. Unprecedented footage of silverback behavior, archival footage of Titus as a newborn, and observations by reachers and conservationists chart his dramatic rise to power, and the challenge to his throne today. Is Titus's great reign at an end? Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham narrates.