No Fear, No Favor

About the Film

African communities fight the  poaching crisis by protecting their wildlife for future generations.

Year: 2020

Duration: 66 minutes

Shot over two years in Zambia’s Kafue National Park -- one of the largest intact wilderness areas in the world -- as well as in Kenya and Namibia, No Fear No Favor illuminates the wrenching choices faced by impoverished Africans who live where community meets wilderness -- on the front lines of Africa's poaching crisis.  People here fight the internationally fueled illegal wildlife trade through Community Conservancies that protect the region’s wilderness heritage, and generate new livelihoods, for future generations.


Film Characters


Creative Team

Written and Directed by Mirra Bank

Produced by Richard Brockman & Mirra Bank

Edited by Maxwell Anderson

Cinematography and Location Sound—Mirra Bank

Additional Camera—Richard Brockman

Consulting Producer—Peggy Stern

Consulting Producers—Kristen McGary & Amy McGary, Screen Lloyd, LLC 

Consulting Editor—Pamela Scott Arnold

Featuring in Zambia—
Kingsley Munsyamba, Elephant Protection, EOP/Former Poacher
Sport Beattie, Founder and CEO, GRI
Anety Milimo, Wildlife Police Officer, DNPW (Formerly ZAWA)
Patricia Mupeta, Strategy Director, TNC
Remco Dykstra, Technical Advisor, GRI
Liz O’Brien, Senior Advisor, GRI
Sylvain Hawawini, Wildlife Veterinary Project Manager, GRI  
Kelvin Chanda, Education Officer, GRI
John Carter, GRI/Elephant Connection Project
Theo Olivier, Kafue Release Facility Manager, EOP
Lasick Kapeshi, Head Keeper, Kafue Release Facility, EOP

Featuring in Kenya—
Tom Lalampaa, CEO, Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT)
Josphine Ekiru, Peace Building Officer, NRT

Featuring in Namibia—
Erik Xaweb, Manager, Tsiseb Conservancy
Magreth Tanise and residents of Tsiseb Conservancy 

Archival Producer and Clearance Supervisor—Eugen Bräunig

Consulting Archival Producer—Rebecca Losick

 

Zambia Drone Footage­—
Tyrone McKeith and Phil Jeffery, Jeffery & McKeith Safaris

Zambia Fixer-Coordinator—Anita Balletto, A-Z Solutions

Zambia Air Transport—Rupert Carss, Staravia

Namibia Dunes flying—Pasquale PV Scaturro

Namibia Locations—Peer Roos

Namibia Transport/Logistics—Jaco van Vuuren, Allround Namibia

Namibia Unit Manager—Ribeiro Teixiera

End Credit Photos—Kenneth Coe

End Credit Design—Maxwell Anderson

Assistant Editor—Bobby Johnson

Interns—
Avery Miles, Shaina Goel, Zachary Dobson, Anthony Baffo, Adriana Pettinga

Website and Development Assistance—Laura Krueger 

Transcription—Samantha Kahrar

Legal Services—Leon Friedman, Esq.

Accounting—Lutz & Carr, LLP

Post Production Facility—Goldcrest Post NY

Colorist—Ken Sirulnick, CSI

DI Assist—Jordan Thompson-DeSon

Graphic Design and Animation—

Amit Sethi, A Mighty Film Design

Audio Post Production Services—ONOMATOPOEIA, Inc. 

Sound Mixer —Ken Takeuchi

Music By Oovra Music

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The power of great storytelling about the places where we are active, like Zambia, is one of the important ways we build a global community of advocates.
— Bill Ulfelder – New York Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy