2015 · documentary · survival
Monkey Kingdom
Directed by Mark Linfield, Alastair Fothergill1h 21m2015
A newborn monkey and its mother struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the Temple Troop, a dynamic group of monkeys who live in ancient ruins found deep in the storied jungles of South Asia.
Our read: Monkey Kingdom (2015) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded documentary · survival entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle documentary / survival, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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