Mariah Wilson: Anything To See A Forest Elephant

Published: March 31, 2023, 11 a.m.

b'In this week\\u2019s episode, we get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to film a wildlife conservation documentary.\\nPart 1: Documentary producer Mariah Wilson is days into making her film about the endangered Forest Elephant and still hasn\\u2019t seen one.\\nPart 2: Science Journalist Katherine J. Wu interviews Mariah Wilson to learn more about the stars of her documentary Silent Forests.\\nMariah Wilson is a documentary producer and director with a focus on wildlife conservation whose work has taken her to six continents. She has worked on series for PBS, Amazon, Netflix, National Geographic, Vice, A&E, Al Jazeera, History, Mongabay, Discovery, Animal Planet, and more. Her 2019 feature documentary SILENT FORESTS is about the fight to save forest elephants from ivory trafficking in Africa\\u2019s Congo Basin. It screened at Santa Barbara, Big Sky (Finalist \\u2013 Feature Competition), Brooklyn Film Festival (Spirit Award), Jackson Wild WWD (Winner \\u2013 Stories of Hope) and is a One World Media Award Winner. Mariah\\u2019s other producing credits include MADINA\\u2019S DREAM (SXSW, Telluride Mountainfilm), MARY JANES (Woodstock, Mill Valley), END OF THE LINE (DOC NYC), and most recently the Amazon Studios film WILDCAT (Sundance Doc Fund, Telluride, AFI, IDFA, National Board of Review Top 5 Documentaries of 2022) Mariah is passionate about illuminating the myriad intersections between humans and animals, and celebrating those dedicated to protecting wildlife. She is a proud Jackson Wild Summit Fellow (2021) and Explorer\\u2019s Club Fellow. More at: www.mariahewilson.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'