Witness the creation of the waterhole, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife meeting places manufactured by giant elephants and tiny termites. From baboons to dung beetles to chameleons, an entire community of creatures call the waterhole their home.
Awards
Emmy
Outstanding Nature Film (nomination)
Outstanding cinematography (nomination)
Jackson Wild Media Awards
Best Writing
Best Cinematography (nomination)
Sondrio International Film Festival
Best of Festival
Audience Award
Special Jury Award
Greenscreen Festival
Best of Festival Heinz Sielmann Award
Youth Jury Award
Gran Paradiso
Best of Festival - Stambecco d’Oro
Wildlife Film Festival, Rotterdam
Best Animal Behaviour
Matsalu Film Festival
Best editing
NaturVision
German Wildlife Film Award
New York Wild
Best Cinematography
About the film
In arid regions across southern Kenya, the waterhole, created by elephants and termites, is central to life. It is where animals visit to drink and where some creatures are born and die. Every visit is charged with tension; a waterhole is the perfect place for predators to wait in ambush. That is the traditional view, but there is an entire community of creatures that call the waterhole home, many of whom live at an elephant’s toenail height such as frogs, dung beetles and chameleons. This is the remarkable story of the relationship between Africa’s largest and smallest and the unique wildlife community they support. Peabody Award-winning filmmakers Mark Deeble and Vicky Stone (Nature: The Queen of Trees) and their small, dedicated team spent two years of their lives camped out at a waterhole in Kenya to record life at Africa’s great wildlife meeting place.
CREDITS
(2014)
Additional Photography
Camera Assistant
Field Sound Recordist
Nominations
