The World About Us (1967 - 1987): Kopje - A Rock for All Seasons
(1980)
Granite islands set in a rolling ocean of grassland. Massive outcrops of Africa's acient bed-rock dwarfed by the immense surrounding plains of the Serengeti. They call them "kopjes". They are in intriguing stage on and around which a drama of African wildlife is played out year by year.
The rocks are a hunter's lair for lion and cheetah. There's water, too, in secret pools abundant with life and nourishing huge trees and exotic plants that are browsed by giraffe and klipspringer.
But it is creatures like the curious hyrax, the colourful and acrobatic Agama lizard and huge Verreaux's eagle that , by never deserting these islands even at the driest time of year when the plains are empty of gazelles and wildebeest, make these remote rocks a refuge for all seasons.
Winner of the "Merit award" and the "Special achievement in Editing' award at the International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, USA in 1983
