Through previously unseen footage, Dr. Jane Goodall creates a sanctuary for orphaned chimps.

Teenage chimp Kimenga escapes, and Dr. Alexandra Rosati explains how good chimps are at solving problems.

Back at the sanctuary, the baby group goes on their daily forest school trip, to learn how to live in the wild.

Dr. Rebeca Atencia releases the first two chimps to their new semi-wild existence on the sanctuary's new islands, then sets out to rescue an illegally kept pet mandrill, but encounters resistance from angry villagers.

The sanctuary's islands are now home to nearly a hundred chimps; Dr. Rebeca Atencia rescues two chimps from terrible conditions in neighboring Angola.

Die Kamera ist hautnah dabei, als sich Jane Goodall dem ältesten Schimpansen Afrikas nähert, Gregoire. Die Naturschützerin hatte den verwahrlosten Primaten Anfang der 90er-Jahre gerettet.