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
Film Festivals & Awards
“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.”
