Cape Town - Here’s something I’d like to do this weekend – go to the Labia On Orange, Cape Town, to see full-length documentary The Animal Communicator.
Commissioned by Natural History Unit Africa (NHU Africa), the film features South African-born Anna Breytenbach, who has dedicated her life to “interspecies communication”, working with people who want to explore the natural connection between humans and animals. Apparently it has “provoked honest consideration from supporters and sceptics alike”.
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Yes, well, I talk to my cat all the time. He doesn’t always answer, but he can certainly vocalise his wants and needs in a manner which I understand, especially the demanding pre-dawn “feed me” call. This film takes things to a new level.
According to Breytenbach, interspecies communication entails sending messages to animals through pictures and thoughts, and she is able to receive messages of “remarkable clarity” back from the animals – messages she can decode to establish what they are saying to her about their thoughts and emotions.
Is she cuckoo, or is this for real?
Environmental journalist Swati Thiyagarajan presents the film, setting out to investigate Breytenbach’s claims. Initially the journalist is sceptical, but time after time Breytenbach diagnoses an animal’s problem and communicates information that is corroborated by the animal’s caregivers, and the scientists who study them. This sounds like something we should definitely see for ourselves.
NHU Africa commissions, co-produces and distributes wildlife and natural history documentaries, and works with international and local broadcasters. - Weekend Argus
For more information see www.nhuafrica.com
l Labia, Orange Street, Gardens. Telephone 021 424 5927 or go to www.labia.co.za/ The Animal Communicator runs until Thursday at 12.15pm and 6.15pm.