Orangutan

Matt Roush says...

The Disneynature unit expects you will fall in love with Indah, an expressive young orangutan from the rainforests of Southeast Asia who stars in a nature documentary airing on Earth Day. The film, directed by Mark Linfield and narrated by Frozen‘s Josh Gad, follows Indah as she leaves the next and experiences the dangers and wonders of life on her own.

More Earth Day TV highlights include the Season 44 finale of Nature (8/7c, PBS), which features the “Legendary Tigers of India,” as captured over 50 years in the archive of the late photographer/filmmaker Valmik Thapar, who devoted his life to the magnificent animals protected in Ranthambore National Park. Another PBS special, Wilding (10/9c), depicts the efforts of a British couple to overhaul their chemically polluted farmland and return it and its wildlife to its glorious natural state.

Streaming highlights include the premiere of Zach Galifianakis‘ whimsical yet earnest This Is a Gardening Show (streaming on Netflix) and the award-winning documentary We Are Guardians (streaming on Tubi), about Indigenous nature warriors risking their lives to protect the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation and other environmental threats.

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