Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

Dian Fossey's life story from childhood and her early days researching in Congo, through to her arrival in Rwanda, where she spent 18 years studying and protecting the mountain gorilla population. Through extensive and rarely seen archival footage, dozens of Fossey’s letters, interviews with friends and colleagues, and narration by Sigourney Weaver, the event series explores Fossey’s murder and the investigation and trial of her research student Wayne McGuire, who was found guilty in absentia of her murder by the Rwandan courts.

★ 7/10 · 2 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Sigourney WeaverDian Fossey (voice)
• Dian FosseyHerself (archive footage)

Watch trailer on YouTube

If you liked this

• Earth at Night in Colour (2020)
• How Do They Do It? (2006)
• Mysteries at the Museum (2010)
• Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II (2020)
• Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers (2022)
• Nature (1982)

Cast, images, recommendations and audience score from TMDB