Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

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Episode 1  |  SBS  |  July 4, 2018

Earth and environment

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11-12
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Dian Fossey was world famous, but in the remote Rwandan forest where she fought to save mountain gorillas, she'd made dangerous enemies. This is the story of the life that took her there and how it was cut short.

Dian Fossey was world famous, but in the remote Rwandan forest where she fought to save mountain gorillas, she'd made dangerous enemies. This is the story of the life that took her there and how it was cut short.

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