| Thursday Apr 23, 2015 6:30 PM - Thursday Apr 23, 2015 8:30 PM | $10.00 - $15.00 |
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"Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La" - DC Premiere of PBS Nature Documentary Film
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Representing the meticulous and ambitious work of award-winning filmmaker Xi Zhinong, this spectacular film is the true story of a family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys living in the highest forests in the world. Hauntingly beautiful primates, snub-nosed monkeys are different and gentler than others of their kind. Elfin-like, they seem at the same time both childlike and wise beyond their years. This unique monkey society formed in response to the hardships of the Himalayas. Narrated in English by American actor BD Wong, Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La beautifully explores how these amazing creatures live and survive, depending on strong defensive strategies, cooperation and interdependence.
A Q&A with Xi Zhinong will follow the screening. After this, we invite you to join us for a reception hosted by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China.
This event is co-hosted by the International League of Conservation Photographers and the Carnegie Institution for Science in partnership with PBS Nature.
ABOUT XI ZHINONG
Xi Zhinong is China's most renowned nature photographer. In the last 20 years, he has not only tirelessly recorded the plight of China's disappearing wilderness and wildlife, but also used those images as a tool to promote the conservation of endangered wildlife and its natural habitat. He is well-known for having successfully initiated a nation-wide campaign in 1996 to save the endangered Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey, which was hailed by Newsweek as "China's Budding Green Revolution" and Xi himself has been deemed as one of the leading environmentalists in China.
Xi's photos have been published in world-famous magazines such as National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, GEO, International Wildlife, and have also been widely used by international conservation organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, Wilderness Conservation Society, and the Nature Conservancy among others. He has won the Gerald Russell Endangered Species Award of 2001 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year. His film "Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey" has won the TVE Award at the prestigious Wildscreen Film Festival.
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LocationCarnegie Institution for Science (View)
1530 P Street NW,
Washington, DC 20005
United States
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