The Water Dancers

20182018
25m

7.8/10

A short documentary about groundbreaking methods of conservation in South Africa, told through dragonflies, the sentinel indicators of their environmental conditions.A short documentary about groundbreaking methods of conservation in South Africa, told through dragonflies, the sentinel indicators of their environmental conditions.A short documentary about groundbreaking methods of conservation in South Africa, told through dragonflies, the sentinel indicators of their environmental conditions.

7.8/10

Director
- Robyn Palmer

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Videos2

Trailer 1:23

The Water Dancers

Interview 1:57

The Water Dancers Campaign

Photos6

The crew of The Water Dancers documentary from left: Tessa Barlin, Daniel Ndevu, Robyn Palmer, Erin Macpherson, Michael Dawson, at the private screening at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town, in November 2017.

Dragonflies are the sentinels of the Earth. Being among the oldest creatures on our planet, they have lived in harmony with the indigenous plants and animals of Earth's bountiful landscapes for 300 million years. We came, we conquered and we evicted them from their habitats. Now, after millennia of human recklessness, we are turning back to nature's messenger, the dragonfly, for promise of a new way forward. South Africa's scientists and industries are working to bring them back into our world through a creative system of connected corridors, known as Ecological Networks. The Water Dancers, a name from the Zulu Jigamanzi, "dancing on water," invites you into the precious world of the small things to discover how their sensitive nature can help us design a passage into the future.

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