Check out the recently released trailer for Kartemquin Films’ latest documentary Milking the Rhino which will air on Independent Lens, the award winning PBS series, in spring 2009. The film was beautifully shot in HD and tells the story of African tribes who struggle to protect local wildlife while providing for their communities.

From the website:

A ferocious kill on the Serengeti… warnings about endangered species… These clichés of nature documentaries disregard a key part of the landscape: villagers just off-camera who navigate the dangers and costs of living with wildlife. Africa is emerging from a history of “white man conservation” that displaced indigenous people, banned subsistence hunting, and fueled resentment. Now, a revolution in grass-roots wildlife conservation is turning poachers into protectors.

But change doesn’t come easy.

With memorable characters and spectacular locations, MILKING THE RHINO tells joyful, penetrating and heartbreaking stories from Kenya and Namibia — revealing the high stakes obstacles facing Community Conservation today.

For more information visit www.milkingtherhino.org

Photo credit: Jason Longo