Ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall is known for groundbreaking studies of wild chimpanzees. Photo: TNS
One of Dr Jane Goodall‘s final wishes has been granted by Netflix.
The streaming giant on Friday (Oct 3) released the very first episode of its new docuseries Famous Last Words, starring the renowned primatologist and conservationist, who died Oct 1 at age 91.
Based on a popular Danish TV format, each episode of the series will feature a wide-ranging interview with a cultural icon who agreed the conversation wouldn’t be aired until after they died.
Friday’s episode offers viewers “a rare opportunity to experience Goodall’s deeply personal reflections on her life’s work as someone who connected humanity to Mother Nature like never before,” Netflix said in its description.
“Goodall also shared never-before-heard stories about her life. The conversation is extremely honest and revealing and, knowing this would only air after she was gone, Goodall spoke movingly about her own death.”
In a preview clip released by the streamer, the famous chimpanzee expert is shown contemplating who she was over the course of her storied life.
“I would say I was somebody sent to this world to try to give people hope in dark times, because without hope, we fall into apathy and doing nothing,” she said.
“In the dark times that we are living in now, if people don’t have hope we’re doomed.”
The conversation with Goodall was recorded in March during a closed-door session with remotely operated cameras.
Emmy winner Brad Falchuk is the brainchild behind the production and is the one who interviewed Goodall.
The producer of American Horror Story and The People V. O.J. Simpson said the British conservationist “was fearless in all things.”
“It was clear to me in our conversation that she was approaching her final adventure with the same fearlessness, hope, humour and joy that she approached everything else in life,” he shared. “She was one of the world’s greatest and most beloved champions of good.” – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
