NYU Skirball Center to Present Bob Poole in GORONGOSA REBORN: A CAMERAMAN'S JOURNAL on 3/29

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and National Geographic Live are pleased to present Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Bob Poole in an adventure-packed multimedia presentation titled GORONGOSA REBORN: A CAMERAMAN'S JOURNAL at NYU Skirball Center on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Poole will share unforgettable images and stories of Mozambique's Gorongosa Park's majestic animals, and the conservation efforts underway to ensure their future.

During Mozambique's horrific 15-year civil war, nearly 97 percent of all the elephants in Gorongosa National Park were killed for their ivory tusks, which soldiers sold to purchase weapons. Thousands of other animals, including majestic zebras and lions, were also slaughtered for money and food. Today teams of scientists and conservationists are working to restore the park to re-wild this once-legendary park.

In this Nat Geo Live talk, Bob Poole will discuss the conservation efforts, and share secrets of filming lions, crocs, elephants and spectacular scenery, which can be accomplished by learning to read the landscape and find prime locations for filming the park's spectacular wildlife.

Bob Poole grew up in East Africa, where his father was the director of the Peace Corps and later the director of the African Wildlife Foundation. His passion for wildlife conservation has taken him to some of the African continent's most remote locations, tracking elephants in the extreme desert environments of Mali, following wildebeests across the Serengeti and traveling road-less regions of war-torn Sudan.

Bob's relationship with National Geographic began when he was a teenager, filming elephants in Kenya. His first film as a cinematographer was "Coming of Age with Elephants," about his sister Dr. Joyce Poole, a renowned elephant zoologist. He won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography" while working on the series "Great Migrations" for National Geographic, and was the main character in the Emmy-nominated National Geographic film "War Elephants." He has made over 35 films for National Geographic Television, as well as documentaries and 30 plus films for the Discovery Network.

Mozambique's Gorongosa Park, established as a hunting reserve in 1920, became a national park in July 1960 under Portuguese colonial rule. It quickly became a premiere destination not only for international tourists, mainly from Portugal, but also for celebrities including John Wayne, Joan Crawford and Gregory Peck. Two years after Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975, the country was engulfed by a civil war. By the time the war ended in 1992, a million people were dead and millions more were maimed, traumatized and displaced. The web of life within Gorongosa Park was likewise left in tatters. Today, a massive conservation effort is helping to restore the land and animal life, including elephants, buffalo, zebra and wildebeests.

GORONGOSA REBORN: A CAMERAMAN'S JOURNAL, by Bob Poole will take place on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 7:30 PM at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Single tickets range in price from $35 to $70. Member and student discounts are available. Tickets may be purchased online at www.nyuskirball.org/natgeolive, in person at the NYU Skirball Center Box Office: Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00-6:00 P.M. or by phone at 212.998.4941. The NYU Skirball Center is located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, New York, New York 10012.