The scientist and symbol of animal protection, who considers the African forest as much a place of worship as any cathedral, knows her gentle spirit is one reason people are drawn to her and her cause.
People say it again and again.
It's nothing cultivated. I'm for real. I mean, whatever I may be. The hour-long program, airing at 8 p.m. today, is narrated by actor Harrison Ford. Filmed in Tanzania, England, Paris and San Francisco, the documentary examines her childhood, her rookie years as a researcher, her emergence as the world's leading primatologist and the personal life she managed to squeeze in.