‘Chimp Empire’ (2023). Netflix Documentary Series: Absolutely charming

Veronica Loop
Chimp empire (2023)

Chimp Empire is a Netflix documentary series directed by Oscar-winner James Reed (‘What the Octopus Taught Me’) and narrated by Mahershala Ali that chronicles living together in the largest society of these primates ever encountered.

Do you love animals? Look no further because today Netflix brings us this delightful, delicate, charming and sometimes brutal documentary series called Chimp Empire, four episodes full of spectacular scenes, animals and, above all, a deep love for life and nature.

Totally enchanting.

Chimp Empire | Mahershala Ali | Official Trailer | Netflix

About the Documentary Series

A series about the chimpanzees of Ngogo, a species with which humans share 98% of DNA and that can live up to 60 years. Would you like to meet them? A series full of tenderness with a slow pace, very carefully assembled and, above all, with a spectacular photography, full of details in which, you can see shot by shot, how curated this production is.

A series that knows how to let the story flow and meet the ecosystem, introducing the viewer to the rhythm and to nature itself in order to, in its relaxed tone, make us part of this wonder.

The protagonists, all with names, will take us through the adventure of life and coexistence and we will accompany them, along with the voice-over, on a journey through nature, life.

By the way, there is a project to save all this natural wonder called Ngogo Chimpanzee Project.

If you like nature or if you still feel, deep down inside you, that you belong to the human race, we can only recommend this charming documentary, exceptionally made and exulting with life.

Release Date

April 19, 2023

Where to watch Chimp Empire

Netflix

Episode List

Paradise

Paradise

Within the central group of Ngogo chimps, alpha male Jackson faces possible threats to his leadership and mother-of-two Christine educates her new baby.


Others

Others

In search of fruit, rival chimps from Western Ngogo venture into disputed territory and seize an opportunity to send others nearby a warning.


War

War

While some chimps form new bonds, others plot rebellion. Years of bad blood threaten to erupt into violence when a Western raiding party ventures out.


Reckoning

Reckoning

Jackson’s injuries leave him vulnerable to enemies and supposed allies alike as a rainstorm sweeps through Ngogo. Will his rule as an alpha end here?


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