A few weeks ago, I shared a secret project that we have been working on for three years. It has been thrilling for me to see how excited our Londolozi followers and fans have been about the imminent release of our three-part documentary series. As a bonus, I have loved reading each comment on social media and here, on the Londolozi blog, sharing appreciation for our story and how Londolozi came to be.
The time has almost come to share Part 1 with you. As true creatives, we have returned to celebrating the art of long-format storytelling. It might not be trendy at the moment, but sometimes the analogue version tells the story with more truth. With only 1 week to go, we present to you the trailer for Courageous Acts of Healing.
Courageous Acts of Healing
Today, the concept of rewilding is a word made popular by everyone from environmental doyens such as Sir David Attenborough through his work on A Life On Our Planet to TikTok influencers who encourage followers to ‘rewild themselves’, making it part of popular culture. But restoration and rewilding as concepts weren’t always so well known. Or understood. Or even believed to be something worth investing time, energy, and money into.
And yet, it is the fundamental part of one of our oldest stories. Without committing to a wild, naive, and courageous act of healing this land, Londolozi as we know it today would not exist.
This is a story of wildness returning. Of what it means to restore a land, and be restored by it in return. Of the quiet, extraordinary courage it takes to heal – and to keep healing, decade after decade, long after the easy road has been left behind.
It is the story of Londolozi. It is the story of all of us who have ever sat at this fire.
Courageous Acts of Healing – the first in our three-part documentary series – is almost here. Our never-ending campfire story, made visible. An invitation to come and sit at the fire with us, and share in what ten decades of the Londolozi family have learned, protected, and loved since 1926.
We cannot wait to share Part 1 of this remarkable story with you on the 11th March.
I can’t wait for this. The quality and intention your marketing team puts behind your media makes look forward to engaging with it. I can’t say that for any other company, or organization. After hearing the stories for years, it will be incredible to have them paired with visuals.
Absolutely genius as Dave says. Cannot wait for part 1 Amanda.
How exciting and rewarding it must have been to be able to bring land back to its purpose: to serve nature, to restore it as a home for all these wonderful, incredible animals.
From overgrazed farmland to real wilderness, for, with and thanks to your family, the animals, all the people working for you and to your guests who appreciate it.
Well if the trailer is any indication of what’s to come in Part 1, then the three years the incredible marketing team has devoted to this project will be wildly successful! Kudos to everyone who has contributed to the 100 year anniversary celebration. Many of us have read the story of how Sparta Farm morphed into Londolozi, and now that there is audio/visual content, that history/story will be brought to life for everyone who views it. I can hardly wait for March 11!!
My compliments to Dave and John.
Ive retired now in Israel.
Great memory of Wings over Africa movie.
I absolutely loved watching the video , Dave & John took the baton and have been amazing leaders you have set a great example and have shown that if you work with nature , nature will work with you thank you Londalozi