The Valley

The Valley - A Journey into the Nature of the Great Rift of Africa.

Why did the Rift see the Dawn of Man? This documentary will unveil the rich environment which allowed man and many other species to evolve in this valley.

Africa's Great Rift Valley is one of the planet's most conspicuous landmarks. It stretches for about 3,000 miles from the Red Sea to the mouth of the Zambesi in Mozambique. It is certainly the biggest fracture scarring the face of the land-masses of the earth. Astronauts claim it is the most remarkable feature to be spotted from outer space.

But the Rift is not only a geological wonder.
Most scientists believe that the valley is the Cradle of Mankind. Fossil evidence of our first ancestors has been found all along its gorges and lakes.
Why did the Rift see the Dawn of Man?
This documentary will unveil the rich environment which allowed man and many other species to evolve in this valley.
It will be a contemporary journey among the mosaic pattern of habitats now present in the Rift, which reflects those of the past, some now very different, some unchanged.
Climatic and geological mutation have done their work since the era of the first hominids, but the Rift remains largely a Garden of Eden where evolution gave rise to an
immense biodiversity.

In development

52'