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I've got less than ten days now.

Time's ticking.

As soon as we arrived,

we heard a roar.

So, he's definitely around.

I have two minds fighting each other.

One is to see the gorillas

being habituated,

so they get used to humans.

But one is to have Mpungwe remaining
wild.

I just wish I knew a little bit more
about what I was getting into.

As a wildlife cameraman, I've been
lucky enough

to film the most iconic animals on the
planet.

But gorillas hold so much significance
to me.

You find these creatures only right in
the middle of Africa.

This... This is where I come from.

Now, I'm heading to document the
mission to save the last remaining

eastern lowland gorillas.

NEWS FOOTAGE:
- Mobutu could do nothing to stop the
panic

and lawlessness in Kinshasa.
- Pressure from war, deforestation,

and poaching has pushed these
creatures to the

verge of extinction.

- During the war, half the population
of these gorillas

were killed and eaten for bushmeat.

- To combat this, the government has
turned to eco-tourism.

- Oh, wow! Fantastic!

- Tourist income will pay to ensure
the gorillas are protected

and their habitat is secured.

The goal is to habituate a family of
gorillas,

a process designed to gradually get
them used to humans.

This is... This is our group.

But will the gorillas' highly
protective alpha male be

willing to accept us?

In the end, it's all down to him.

We are in Democratic Republic of
Congo,

invited by the Kahuzi-Biega National
Park.

What is at stake here is the survival
of this creature.

So, what we are going to be doing is
following habituation,

essentially a process of getting a
group of wild gorillas used

to a human presence, so tourists can
safely enter their territory.

What we are going to be doing, no-one
has filmed before.

Every day, for the next three months,
we're going to try to

get closer, gradually becoming part of
the gorilla family.

But with primates, it's never easy.

The last thing they want to do is hang
around humans.

To them, you are a threat.

Gorillas usually live in a family of
between five and ten,

led by an alpha male, which is the
silverback.

99% of gorilla films are with
habituated gorillas.

The habituated group is not dangerous
to film.

But to film a non-habituated group,

you're putting your life in danger

because the silverback is there to
protect every single

member of his family.

The silverback is about three times my
size. He weighs 250kg.

And their strength is unprecedented.

Him attacking me would be lethal.

With that said, as a wildlife
cameraman,

I like to film really wild animals.

Then, you get to see the behaviour
that you've never seen before.

That's what does it for me.

However, with a truly wild silverback,
will three months

be enough for him to essentially
accept me into his family?

- OK, let's go now.

- OK.

To habituate a gorilla family,

essentially, you are trying to show
them that you are a friend,

and you do this by acting like them.

BEATS LOUDLY

CLAPPING

RUSTLING

For them to see us acting the same is
to reassure them,

to make them feel comfortable around
us.

PATTING CHEEKS

Filming gorillas always feels magical
to me.

I can't get enough of them.

PATTING STOMACH

Yes!

The thing that I love the most about
filming gorillas

is observing how similar they are to
us.

Their expression...

..mannerism...

..the dexterity of their hands,
just...just like us.

In fact, gorillas are so similar to
us,

they can catch human diseases.

That's why, when they are in close
proximity to us,

we have to wear masks.

I mean, they are one of our closest
cousins, behind chimps and bonobos.

The baby's playing, that means the
silverback is not very far away.

Gorillas are just constantly on the
move,

looking for bamboo shoots, or other
foliage to eat.

They can quite easily cover up to 5km
a day...

..so to keep up with them is really
exhausting.

The silverback is about 20 metres from
us,

through this very thick foliage.

No way I can film it because it's
really dense.

SCREECHING

This is a completely different story
to what I normally do

when I film gorillas. The habituated
group is already used to humans.

These gorillas are wild. They don't
know us, they can't trust us,

especially the silverback, you know,
he's very serious.

He's got a job to do.

Look after his family, look after his
females.

BARKING

SCREECHING

SCREECHING AND BARKING

When the habituation starts, a
silverback will charge.

That charge is a way of saying,

"Look, I've got a family here, so back
off."

But if you stand your ground, it stops
him moving forward.

SCREECHING

I didn't quite realise how heavy
habituating gorillas was.

You really have to keep following
them.

If people disagree with this method, I
can totally understand.

But you have to be cruel to be kind

and this is the pure example of it.

Back in the '80s,

habituation also helped mountain
gorillas.

There were around 400 left

and then, Virunga, Bwindi National
Park followed the same process.

Now, we have more than 1,000
individuals,

so it works.

CHUCKLES

Amazing!

Yes, they tend to move around,
according to where they're going to

be eating at the end of the day, and
then if they find around that

area, everything is perfect, they will
start building their nests.

That is genius!

She just pulled the curtain down

to cover herself and her baby.

Who told you that gorillas don't know
what privacy is all about?

That was a successful day, I would
say.

I can see how the habituation has
progressed quite far already,

in terms of how relaxed the juveniles
are.

However, it feels like we still got a
long way to

go before the silverback and other
adults accept us.

And I can see it's a tough job for
these eco-guards,

who've devoted their lives to
gorillas.

It's really tough.

There are certain things about this
very country that

I'll react straight away.

Although they seem really happy, from
my point of view,

I feel like... Come on, they deserve
better than that, big time.

These guys work really hard and what
do they get in return?

I am quite ashamed that the majority
of the people

in this country live on less than $1 a
day.

Literally nothing.

Let's face it, I am one of them. It's
just that I was lucky.

I was born with parents that had
different opportunities.

I was born in a very large family,

if you see it from a Western point of
view.

A family of eight and I'm right in the
middle, number four.

My mother was a headteacher and my dad
was a medical doctor.

We lived in the Republic of Congo, in
the capital, Brazzaville.

We weren't poor. I never struggled for
anything, really.

It was a strong family, really strong
together.

But sadly, I've got like two photos of
my childhood.

One of me and my sister and brothers

and maybe one of my grandad, as well.

But, yeah, most of our stuff was
completely destroyed.

Back in 1997,

when the country was going through a
huge upheaval,

we were living outside the country at
the time.

Therefore, the house was left alone.

We were amongst those who weren't
lucky.

The house was looted and burnt.

So, we lost all our belongings.

That very region in the '90s was
completely

affected by political instabilities.

The Democratic Republic of Congo

also went through consecutive wars...

..and that also affected the numbers
of the gorillas,

so the population plummeted.

And the eastern part of the DRC, where
I currently am,

hasn't fully recovered and it's
possible that unrest

can break out again and that's the
reason

why I'm making this film,

to give the park visibility, to make
sure that the

gorillas are protected and their home
is protected.

So, today will be focusing on the
silverback,

because he is the one that will open
the gates for us.

For the last two weeks,

I haven't been able to fully see the
silverback.

He's always been hiding behind the
foliage.

But today, I really would like to see
him face-to-face.

That's the only way I can start
building trust with him.

I can see how difficult it is to
actually habituate

a group of gorillas because they just
want to make sure that

there's the distance between you and
them.

As soon as you cross that little
boundary, the male charges.

SCREECHING AND BARKING

OK.

This is...

..so challenging.

OK.

Which female is this one?

- Tuliya.

- She's extremely confident, huh?

This female we're filming here,

she's slightly different to the rest
of the group.

She's fully habituated. That's why
she's quite relaxed,

being only seven metres away

and that's why she's got the name
Tuliya.

When you have a name, that is

the last stage of the habituation
process.

This is how relaxed we are hoping
Mpungwe

and the rest of his family will
become.

- Hello.
- Yeah?

- Is it possible to follow the
silverback?
- Ah, oui, yeah.

Yes.

Look at that!

It amazes me how a two and a half
hundred kilogram creature

can climb a tree like that.

OK.

No, I wasn't hiding at all. I was
just, you know...

It's just, I started to feel a
connection with the group.

And I think about these poor creatures
being persecuted.

And all they do is look after their
families like any creature

should do on Planet Earth, you know?

And beyond that, I'm also trying to
connect to this silverback,

you know?

This...patriarch.

Gorillas are very much like humans.

We share more than 98% of our genetic
codes with them.

And whenever I spend time with these
cousins of ours...

..I can't help drawing similarities
between their world

and my world.

It's bizarre I think that way, but
every time I film the silverback...

..I always think of loads of
resemblances

to my grandad, Bonifas.

This sort of sense of family
protection,

there's a sense of, you know,
gentleness,

the mannerism, how he holds himself,

how he talk, how he looked at people.

Everything a proud and confident man
would want to be,

he had it all.

People in the community

and within the family really looked up
to my grandad.

He was the pillar in the family.

The patriarch, you know.

And I always wanted to be like him.

The protecting figure, the leading
figure...

..the silverback.

I feel like we have taken a big step
forward.

Now that me and Mpungwe have looked at
each other in the eye,

I hope we have started to build some
trust between us.

Now, I would love to see if he can let
me get a bit closer,

to meet some of his family that he's
been protecting so well.

I know it must not be easy for him to
let his guard down

because gorillas and humans still
don't have the best relationship.

A fact that these rangers are trying
to change.

HE CLAPS

- First, I was a park ranger.

The gorilla habituation officer.

Now, I'm a consultant to the park.

When they need something related to
the gorillas,

training rangers and so on, they
always come to me.

- OK.

- Until 1937, this was a free forest,

where everyone had access.

The Belgian colony era discovered that
this forest is threatened,

so they created a reserve,

which became the Kahuzi-Biega National
Park.

So, the national park is fully
protected

to prevent the human pressure of the
gorillas and their habitat.

But life is very difficult here for
all inhabitants.

- The families are completely
scattered around,

each of them's got a tree.

So, then, you can see the silverback's
got the biggest tree.

I think he's relaxing a little bit,

with our presence because he's letting
me see his family.

- Why are the community members living
around the park

harming the gorillas and their
habitat?

Empty stomachs have no ears.

They have no choice.

We reached two million people living
around the park.

When people are concentrated,
dominated by poverty,

they have no other means, so they go
and rely on the park resources.

- So, when they're trapped by this,
they will struggle to get

out of it and then struggle to death
by not being able to escape it.

- Secondly, deforestation here is
enormous.

In 2020, more than 1,000 hectares of
the habitat

of the eastern lowland gorillas has
been cleared out.

The local people need more land where
they can grow crops.

People need more space where they can
create villages to live in.

So, what can we do now to help the
gorillas?

Invest into the community.

This money will go to the public
treasure

to help the communities, in terms of
development.

When the humans are benefitting from
the park,

that's a security for the gorillas.

In that way, the gorillas must pay for
their own survival.

- There's a paradox here for the
silverback.

To protect his family, he has to go
against his natural instinct.

And I can completely understand why
it's so challenging for him,

because Mpungwe has to learn to trust
the very species that

threaten him and his family the most.

I feel like we are making progress.

I've started to build a connection
with Mpungwe,

but he's still keeping us at a bit of
distance.

So, for the next week, we are going to
try to get a bit closer

and see whether he will tolerate our
presence

from around 20 metres or so.

This is risky, though, because he's
likely to charge.

There are actually two methods of
habituating gorillas.

The first is a very submissive
approach used by a female

conservationist called Dian Fossey to
get close to

mountain gorillas for research
purposes.

But in Kahuzi-Biega, they've used a
more assertive approach -

standing tall, facing the gorillas.

The park's founders had a theory -
because they were male, they have

to behave in a dominant fashion to win
the respect of the silverback.

Obviously, I don't want him to attack
me.

But it's vital for him to get used to
humans.

SCREECHING, ROARING

BARKING

SCREECHING, ROARING

SCREECHING, ROARING

There's a really big part of me that
feels like we are harassing them.

Their droppings are diarrhoea-like -

that means they are slightly stressed.

This is what worries me.

HE CHUCKLES

HE CHUCKLES

It's a very, very risky job,

but he keeps doing it to protect these
gorillas.

Mpungwe's clearly not comfortable with
us just yet,

but I have respect for that because
he's doing what any

silverback should do - protecting his
family.

- Do you think you're a silverback?
- Oh!

Let's put it this way - every family
man on this planet, or dad,

are silverbacks.

And you're one of them!

HE CHUCKLES

I'm married to a beautiful English
rose.

HE CHUCKLES

And I have two beautiful kids that
also support me.

I'm a lucky man.

But it's been really hard for them -
this is a time when they need me.

- How much time do you spend away from
home?
- Mm...

This year, I've been away for almost,
um...

..like, pretty much, um...

..all the time.

What scares me, though, is that what
goes around comes around.

I have a fear that, one day, my kids
will leave me.

HE CHUCKLES

Oh!

God, I'm so weak, I'm so weak!

OK, look, I'll be strong. Hang on.

Um...

The reason I have that fear is
because, for me,

family means everything.

They need me so much that, when I
leave, you know,

it's so...it's so painful.

But I don't do this job for just a
pleasure.

I do it now because I want to get
people engaged into what

needs to be done to make sure that the
gorillas are protected.

For me in particular, that feeling is
an addiction.

The last week has been quite intense
for the gorillas,

but I'm wondering now whether our
constant presence has had an

impact in terms of Mpungwe allowing us
closer to him and his family.

It looks very open here.

It might give me a chance to see
individuals quite clearly,

get some nice portraits, as well.

When gorillas see you every day,

that's when the trust starts to kick
in.

And then, all of a sudden, through the
habituation,

you become part of the group.

And then, they start doing things
naturally,

and that's the moment, that's the
moment

when you start getting the best out of
their behaviour.

HE CHUCKLES

Most females are sort of, you know,
quite chilled by now.

But Mpungwe's a wild animal.

He's not going to give you 100% trust.

He's got every instinct a man has to
protect his family.

Mpungwe, it's only me!

He's being very, very cautious of me
with the camera.

And I keep trying to say, you know,
well, look,

I just want to be your friend.

SCREECHING

Mpungwe! Come on.

He's not charging forward.

Mpungwe's starting to allow us to
come. It is a milestone.

He's even standing and staring at me.
He never used to do that before.

Usually, direct eye contact with a
silverback is considered to

be a threat from a gorilla's point of
view.

The fact that Mpungwe doesn't charge
when I'm looking directly at him is

potentially a good sign

because it means that he might be
getting used to me.

HE CLEARS THROAT

Hey!

HE SIGHS

I am literally ten metres from the
baby and the mother.

They're just sitting there, looking at
us.

Females become sexually mature around
seven or eight.

Once a female begins to breed,

she will give birth to one baby every
4-6 years.

That is a cutie!

This low rate of reproduction is what
partly makes it

difficult for the gorillas to recover
from population decline.

And knowing that really emphasises the
importance

of what we're doing here.

Oh! She's feeding, she's feeding!

Oh! She was feeding! Look, look!
Ha-ha!

Look at her face! Just...just look at
that!

I've never seen a mother gorilla
feeding her baby.

Wow!

HE CHUCKLES

Mpungwe is not very far from here.

He's keeping an eye on the family.

He's there to look after the family,
he's there to solve problems.

You know, the confidence, the power -
it takes me back

to my grandfather, Bonifas, you know,
just like that!

Because...

HE CHUCKLES

Oh!

HE CHUCKLES

Oh, jeez!

Being a strong male figure was one of
the most

important values instilled in me.

When I was growing up, I was
left-handed.

Back then, if you were left-handed,

it's not a good sign for a boy.

Being left-handed was seen as being
less masculine, basically.

That's just one of the traditions in
our culture.

So, my grandad would use a bandage to
cover my left hand

so I can't use it, and that made me
very slow at school.

I almost believed that I wasn't good
enough, in a way.

When you are the last one to finish
everything,

you always get a little bit
marginalised.

For a powerful creature like Mpungwe,

if you're going to be his friend,
you've got to be strong.

You have to prove to him that you are
man enough.

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh!

Throughout the year, gorillas will
move through different

areas in their territory to find the
food that they are looking for.

I'm well over halfway of my trip now,

and the gorillas have moved from the
bamboo forest and they're

now in an area where they can eat
bark, fruits and flowers.

And this place is nuts - not only the
density of the forest,

the hills are really, really high.

We're talking about 500-metres' drop.

And this is the type of terrain where
Mpungwe

will just ambush the team.

So, safety-wise, we just have to be
extremely careful.

BARKING

BARKING

Before, he would charge from distance,

but now he's starting to come really
close and, yeah, size me up a bit.

But I have to stand tall, and that
is... That is key.

SCREECHING

Despite how aggressive he looks...

SCREECHING

..now that Mpungwe's getting close to
us

without charging is actually a sign
that he's getting used to us.

I'm certain that Mpungwe knows that I
want to be a part of his group,

but whether he will eventually allow
me in, that is the big question.

SCREECHING, BARKING

Mpungwe, it's me!

SCREECHING

SCREECHING, ROARING

The previous terrain, he was able to
gauge

the distance between his family and
us, so he would be more relaxed.

SCREECHING, ROARING

Mpungwe!

He cannot see where we are, so we're
moving forward.

The team doesn't realise that they're
crossing the boundary,

so that's the reason why he's coming
and then he's charging.

This is very dangerous.

SCREECHING, ROARING

SCREECHING

BARKING

SCREECHING, ROARING

Oh, my God!

Mpungwe has tried to pull my left
foot.

It's absolutely remarkable that he
decided not to hurt me

because he could...

..if he wanted to.

I think that moment was very
meaningful.

I have proven to Mpungwe that I'm man
enough to be his friend.

Game on!

Today is a special day.

Kahuzi-Biega is hosting its largest
group of tourists in years to

visit the park's only fully habituated
gorilla family.

And I've been invited to join the
group to see how a fully

habituated silverback would behave
amongst the tourists.

- Are you excited about today or would
you rather be filming Mpungwe?

- I must say, you know, truly,
honestly, I'm half-half.

My head, at the moment's programmed
just to get close to Mpungwe.

But I will equally be excited to be
close to an habituated group.

HE CHUCKLES

- The tourism sector can make much
money.

Virunga, Uganda, Rwanda - they have
the same product, gorillas.

Tourism can help the gorilla

because this can help the Kahuzi to
promote...to be promoted.

Don't rush, don't rush.

So, this is Mr Bonane with some of the
children.

- Hello, Bonane!

- Oh, wow, fantastic!

- Obviously, wildlife filming and
tourists doesn't quite go together!

- In the mid-'80s to early '90s, we
had 7,000 tourists a year.

That was before the war. Today, 150 a
month.

The park has only one gorilla group to
visit,

but the small income from the Bonane
group, it doesn't go far,

so it's very important to have a
second group.

- Yeah, he's OK.

Yeah.

- There's a huge difference between
Mpungwe's group and Bonane.

The contrast is enormous.

Mpungwe wouldn't tolerate this.

- We can say bye-bye to Bonane!

- Bye-bye!
- Yeah, yeah!

- HE CHUCKLES

Bonane is so habituated to the human
presence.

I have a bit of apprehension, you
know.

As much as I really would love to be
this close to Mpungwe...

..in a way, it makes them a bit
vulnerable,

not being able to distinguish who's
good, who's bad.

This journey started like a simple
idea - following the habituation,

but it gets deeper than that, you
know, as you're progressing with it.

GUNSHOT

NEWS REPORTER:
- The United Nations' mission

in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo says 130

civilians were killed by M23 in the
villages of Kishishe and Bambu.

The M23 movement, a largely Tutsi
former rebel group,

denied its role in the massacre.

- Oh, fucking hell!

No-one in this country wants to see
these things again.

I know it's not far from where I am.

And I do not want this war to spread
across the country again.

SHOUTING

HE ADDRESSES THEM

HE SHOUTS

- I knew each one...

..by name.

The habituated groups, they're used to
seeing people every day -

they don't run, they don't hide at
all.

But unhabituated groups, when they
hear a little noise, you know,

they're ready to hide.

If, once again, fighting continues to
be extended to this area,

the remaining population of gorillas
will, like, go away.

Yes, absolutely.

I cannot reject the idea of
habituating.

I support it 100% because, when the
communities have income,

they prevent each other not to harm
the gorillas in their habitat.

- The history of this place, you know,
it was a hunting ground.

Mpungwe, from a very young age, maybe
when he was a baby,

he's been witness to some of the
upheavals in the past.

He's got that in his instinct, you
know, to be cautious of humans.

GROWLING

As soon as we arrived, we heard a
roar, so he's definitely around.

Time is ticking.

I've got less than ten days now,

and Mpungwe has obviously been close
enough to touch me.

But the ultimate test is to see

whether I could be seven metres from
him without him charging.

GROWLING

To be honest, though, I'm starting to
feel a bit uncomfortable

seeing what habituation has done to
the other silverback.

GROWLING

SCREECHING, ROARING

SCREECHING

He really doesn't want to be filmed
today.

He's not tolerating any...

..any movement.

Despite his scary presence...

..he's still very vulnerable cos he's
looking, you know,

he's not quite sure.

He just wants to care about his
family.

SCREECHING

ROARING

SCREECHING

He's standing there - the babies,
everybody else, is behind him.

I feel for him.

I really feel for him.

If I carry this camera like this, if
you see it from a distance,

it looks like I'm carrying a gun.

That's perhaps what he is thinking.

And every time I'm pointing the
camera, he always hides himself.

Maybe he's always going to stay like
this, huh?

- I've sort of noticed that you seem a
bit withdrawn,

a bit more sort of distant.

And I just wondered what, if anything,

is sort of going on for you
emotionally?

- I just wish I knew a little bit more
about what I was getting into.

Mentally, it's starting to feel a
little bit exhausting because...

..I have two minds fighting each
other.

One is to see the gorillas being
habituated.

And one is to have Mpungwe remaining
Mpungwe, like,

remaining wild for the sake of his
family.

Despite the fact I'm trying hard to
get close to him

and just see if he will accept me as
an individual,

I would like for Mpungwe to be
cautious of humans.

Because, if a gorilla can't
distinguish a good person

and a bad person, that is a huge
concern for me.

But when they have a wild instinct...

..if there was to be an intruder then,
from a distance,

Mpungwe would be able to protect the
rest of his family and go away.

I feel like I have an...

..a really genuine connection with him
and the rest of his family.

And I'm starting to see a lot of
elements around Mpungwe

are connected to my own family.

The sad thing with my family is that,

when the patriarch left, that sort of
role wasn't passed on to anyone.

Then we all sort of...

..scattered around.

I'm in England, my sister is in Paris,

my brother is in South Africa, some
are back in the Congo - you name it.

That's why it's quite hard, you know,

for me cos I don't feel connected to
my brothers and sisters any more.

No-one was there to maintain this
very...

..important value in our family, in my
culture.

And I would love for Mpungwe to have
plenty of time to pass

that legacy on to his son...

..so that Mpungwe's family doesn't end
up like my own

and then that legacy carries on.

I would have loved to be that sort of
silverback who would

keep my brothers and my sisters, my
cousins and my kids all together.

I kind of wanted to be like my
grandad, you know,

having the entire...

..the entire tribe, you know, around.

But I've never quite achieved that.

COCK CROWS

Mm.

Mm-hm.

Conservation is not black and white.
It's very complex.

John and Lambert,

they really are fighting hard for the
gorillas to thrive.

And I think the symbiotic relationship
is going the right way.

I've got less than a week to go.

I wanted to cement the whole thing
around

this close proximity with Mpungwe.

Going home and not being able to
accomplish that would feel

almost like a bit of a failure.

Simple as that.

It's not just a wildlife project.

To me, gorillas are exceptional.

We share so much.

So, if I can be known for anything,
I'd love it to be for this.

Look at that!

Look at that.

That's Tuliya.

I've never come across a gorilla this
distance, never.

Look!

We are surrounded of Mpungwe's family.

This whole place is peppered with
gorillas.

HE CHUCKLES

We are fully accepted.

This is one of the sons. He must be
around six. And he wants to play!

Your turn.

HE CHUCKLES

Oh!

Mpungwe's not far. The son always
hangs around his dad.

When I got here, I had one thing on my
mind -

learning about habituation.

Throughout the process, you start to
learn about a lot of things,

you know.

This is how we sometimes find
ourselves in circumstances

that you weren't planning or
projecting.

You know, we live, we learn, we battle
with stuff, you know.

Well, certainly me, battling with
myself and watching Mpungwe,

reminding me of certain things.

When you grow up with a grandad who
you've never seen crying

or anything like that...

..you know, in moments of sadness, he
always was steady, you know.

I just wanted to copy my grandad, you
know...

..to be like him.

Very dominating.

But watching Mpungwe being himself
made me

realise that I'm not a silverback...

..that I've been putting on a facade
of looking like one of those

but, within the family,

I'm definitely not a dominating or a
controlling figure...

..which is one thing I have to face,
you know.

Just face not being a silverback.

HE CHUCKLES

Today is my last day!

It would be really nice just to say a
really good, peaceful goodbye...

..to finish this incredible journey
I've had.

My only apprehension about that is
that he might not be in a good mood.

To end it on a really brutal note
would be really

heart-wrenching for me.

SCREECHING

Might be not a very smooth goodbye.

I think this is the best we're going
to get from Mpungwe today.

Watching Mpungwe has taught me quite a
lot.

I think the biggest lesson - put
family first.

I've reached the point now where I
started to feel it really

heavily, you know, going away for a
long time.

I would love to spend...

..as much time as possible with my
family.

Look! He's looking!

It's as if he knew today is my last
day.

HE CHUCKLES

I know you, Mpungwe, now, I know you.

HE GASPS

Did you see that?

HE CHUCKLES

Oh, look at that!

LAMBERT CHUCKLES

LAMBERT CHUCKLES

I got what I wanted. I can go back
now. Honestly, I'm a happy man.

That is a goodbye. It couldn't be
better than that!

HE CHUCKLES

- Is there anything you would say to
your grandfather now?

- I would just tell him that I looked
up to him

and I wanted to make him proud, but we
live in a different era now.

I wouldn't be like him.

If I'm who I am, it's because of a lot
of support from my wife,

and from my kids, as well.