MONIFF 2025 Film Festival

Saving Our Ancestors - Reflections by Dr. Birute Galdikas

Expired October 17, 2025 3:45 AM
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Saving Our Ancestors - Reflections by Dr. Birute Galdikas
In stifling humidity, Dr. Birute Galdikas, sits atop a tree stump monitoring the jungle canopy for movement. Cicadas serenade the thick air as leaves and branches begin to ruffle and shake. A female Orangutan with an infant clinging to her side slowly descends down a tree to gather mangoes and sip milk. The mother and Birute lock eyes....a mirroring of souls...before the mother silently disappears back into the forest.
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Scientist, conservationist, educator: for over five decades, Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has studied and worked closely with the orangutans of Indonesian Borneo in their natural habitat, and is today the world’s foremost authority on the orangutan.


The Trimates, sometimes called Leakey’s Angels,

is a name given to three women — Dian Fossey,

Jane Goodall and Biruté Galdikas (left to right)


Learn more about Dr. Biruté Galdikas and her work: https://orangutan.org/aboutofi/about-dr-birute-mary-galdikas/

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    27 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Indonesia
  • Director
    Charlie Annenberg Weingarten
  • Cast
    Birute Galdikas
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