Name: Rooted
Released: 2018-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Fiona Ramsay

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Following the lives of different species of animals, insects, birds and environmental elements who have based their roots both in and around five infamous trees in South Africa.

Documentary · 2018 · 46 min

Starring Fiona Ramsay

EPISODE 1

Memoirs Of Acacia

Trees are an invaluable resource in the windswept grasslands of Africa's southern Kalahari, providing huge numbers of animals with food and shelter.

43 min · 29 Jun 2018
EPISODE 2

Sweet Seduction

The much-loved Sausage Tree stands in the Selinda Reserve in the north-eastern corner of Botswana, where it is dry and the rains are months away. Numerous birds and animals rely on the Sausage Tree for sustenance during this testing period.

43 min · 6 Jul 2018
EPISODE 3

The Giant

In the Afromontane forests of the Soutpansberg grows a giant Outeniqua Yellowwood. A look at how this colossal tree hosts, feeds and shelters an array of plants and animals in the bows of her branches.

43 min · 13 Jul 2018
EPISODE 4

Rock Splitter

Namaqua rock fig trees are the ultimate survivors. As every year gets hotter and drier, this hardy tree stands tall on the slopes of South Africa's hills.

43 min · 20 Jul 2018
EPISODE 5

The Hollow Heart

Baobab trees have been around for 800 years. This incredible tree withstands the harshest conditions, and is beloved by animals, birds and insects.

43 min · 27 Jul 2018

Fiona Ramsay

Narrator
Barend van der Watt

Producer
Henk Ekermans

Producer
Dereck Joubert

Producer
Beverly Joubert

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