Africa’s Elephant Kingdom

NR Directed by Michael Caulfield. Starring Avery Brooks.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Tue., Aug. 22, 2000

Big screen hosts big mammals. This documentary from Discovery Channels Pictures, which focuses on the trek of one extended elephant family, promises to bring the audience “face-to-face with the extraordinary joys and sorrows of elephant life.”

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