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Askari

0.0 85 mins Drama   Family   2001
Director(s): David Lister

Set on a game reserve in Africa. Askari is an angry old elephant, the only survivor of the "A' family group which has been anhilitated in a government cull and he has turned rogue. Involved in the culling are Patrick Khumalo, a corrupt government official and Ribshaw, an unscrupulous white poacher accompanied by Ndhlovu, an old African tracker who is being blackmailed by Ribshaw. Anxious to save the elephants are game warden Joss Mckinley and his conservationist wife Paula who is studying and monitoring various family groups of elephants. When Paula's sixteen year old niece Emma Crawshay is orphaned she is sent to live with her aunt and uncle at Morena Game Park. She feels alienated but is gradually drawn into her aunt's passion for her work and her favourite elephant family the 'O' group, in particular a calf named Ollie.

Casts of Askari

Marlee Matlin

as Paula McKinley

C. Thomas Howell

as Joss Mckinley

Amanda Fuller

as Emma Crawshay

Ian Roberts

as Ripshaw

Ken Gampu

as Ndhlovu

Brendan Pollecutt

as Russell Earnshaw

Menzi Ngubane

as Patrick Khumalo

Setlhabi Jacob Taunyane

as Elmon Ntini

Jerry Mofokeng

as Matthew

Tony Caprari

as Count Mondini

Anthony Bishop

as Randolph Hughes

Sylvaine Strike

as Susan

Adrian Waldron

as Alex Viljoen

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