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SAFARI NAMIBIE (Safari in Namibia)

Frédéric PIERETTI
1986
Version : French, Englis, german
Duration : 40'
Format : 16 mm.
Colors
Distribution : France 2
Scriptwriter : Frédéic PIERETTI
Producer : P.A.V. Communication, Antenne 2, P.M. Productions
Country France
Music Thèmes locaux
Picture Bruno CUSA
Stage set Local musics
Archive footage - Herd of elephants,
- Helicopter view: animals fleeing into the savannah,
- Herd of wildebeest,
- Photographers on the lookout,
- River crossing by car
- Herd of zebra,
- Approach on foot with tracker,
- Lions on the lookout for antelopes,
- Oryx in the Namib desert
- Rain in the desert,
- Savannah, desert and mountain landscapes in Africa

A  five member French team, including a professional hunting guide, criss-crosses Namibia through savannah, desert and mountains.
From bush camps that they have set up, the team is trying to rediscover the original meaning of safari: tracking and approaching the great African animals on foot, with the help of local trackers. These approaches are made by hunter-photographers armed with shotguns.
All the usual ingredients of the raid film are built around this ‘backbone’ represented by the photo hunt.
We travel through an extremely diverse wilderness: from the wild and marshy regions of the Eastern Caprivi, rich in animals (elephants, crocodiles, etc.) to the oldest desert in the world, the Namib, populated by oryx, ostriches and jackals, via the largest park in the world, Etosha.