“The Elephant Whisperers”, an Indian documentary short film, has been nominated as the best documentary short film at the 2023 Oscars.
The documentary breaks the chain of depressing documentaries about elephants. Instead we encounter Bellie and Bomman at the Theppakadu Elephant Camp in India which is the largest contiguous wild space for Asian elephants. Bellie and Bomman are caretakers assigned by forest rangers to care for elephants. With love and compassion they care for abandoned and orphaned elephants. Elephants under their care are treated as their own children and the elephants return their love. If elephants are the beasts of the jungle well then they are intelligent and highly perceptive.
Finally a light, happy and engaging positive story about elephants.
“The Elephant Whisperers” was directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga.
Spectacular cinematography but a highly sappy soundtrack.
If you are in Toronto “The Elephant Whisperer” and the four other shorts can be seen at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on February 24. Check out their website here https://hotdocs.ca/
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