Elle posted a selfie of them together on May 29. It was reposted by Joachim Rønning with the comment "So happy to finally be shooting #maleficent2 with these guys." Elle then posted that it was her last day on Aug. 24, the same day Rønning posted that M II had wrapped. When Elle told People that they shot Maleficent II for 4 months or more she was referring to the whole production which started shooting a month before they did.
Elle Fanning Says She Became 'Very Close' to Angelina Jolie on Maleficent 2: 'She's Amazing' https://t.co/oXGCPjX5TI
Elle Fanning thinks Angelina Jolie is “amazing.”
The young star who recently finished work on Maleficent 2 tells PEOPLE, “I was 14 when I did the first movie, now I’m 20.”
“I wasn’t as young now so Angelina and I got to
relate on a different level now that I’m older,” Fanning says while at
the L’Oréal Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday.
“We actually got very close on the second one. Very
close. She’s amazing!” the 20-year-old actress says. “She does a lot and
is very inspiring to work with. To see how she handles the business and
also she’s the producer so to see that side of things, to see her with
her producer hat on, I learned a lot.”
“We finished shooting this summer in London and Pinewood after about four months,” Fanning said. “Even a little more than that.”
“I can’t say, you know, like a lot about the story
because Disney would kill me but it was a great experience working with
Angelina again,” she continued. “It was real exciting to reunite and
have a sequel.”
“I’ve never done a sequel to a film before so I’ve
never gotten to have a recurring character,” she added. “Never had the
opportunity to come back to a character before.”
Angelina Jolie is fighting to make the world a better place for her kids one tree at a time.
...
The Namibian government asked Jolie to help developed
the country’s contribution to the Queen’s project in 2016 due to her
previous work as a conservationist. “I wanted to help communities,”
Jolie tells PEOPLE. “Building schools and clinics means little if
meanwhile the environment the community relies on is destroyed.”
“In Namibia the local bushmen can tell you what each
plant does, what they are used for and what effects it has on their
tribe when one is lost,” she adds. “The way they see the land is how we
all need to learn to see the land.”
...
“I have seen first hand the huge deforestation of
the Cardamom mountains in Cambodia. Our local team is so dedicated and
fighting hard to protect the area of the remaining forest that we help
to look after,” Jolie explains to PEOPLE.
Jolie has continued to run the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which
has worked for almost 15 years on forest and wildlife conservation and
healthcare and education in Cambodia. The family funds a team of local
rangers who work to address illegal poaching and logging. Last year the
Foundation planted 10,000 new trees.
The actress also plans to give back in her son Pax’s
native Vietnam and Zahara’s birthplace of Ethiopa, where the family’s
new clinic will openshortly.
..
Now, Jolie tells PEOPLE, her son Knox is learning how
to fly. “I love being up in the air,” she says. “I love the freedom.
Knox is now learning to fly. It makes me crazy happy to see him discover
it. He still needs help with the pedals, but won’t for long.”
Sir David Attenborough proved the perfect choice for an on-screen chat
with Her Majesty, as the two 91-year-olds hit it off and the
conversation flowed, says Nathaniel Lippiett
It all came down to our final shoot, one summer’s day in June last year: a simple walk through a garden with two 91-year-olds.
The gardens were those of Buckingham Palace, and our contributors two
of the most prestigious pensioners on the planet, but the idea was
simple: a conversation between two old friends.
They had plenty to talk about. The Queen can trace her ancestry
through the trees of Buckingham Palace garden, from the London planes
planted by her great, great grandparents, to oak trees planted for her
own children.
Her companion on the day, the inimitable Sir David Attenborough,
remains endlessly fascinated by the natural world, and, crucially, he is
almost uniquely comfort able in Her Majesty’s company.
In some ways, it was the simplest shoot in a challenging 18 months of
on/ off production that had taken our small team from the lush, verdant
rainforests of the Caribbean alongside Prince Harry to the unique
wilderness of the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada with the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge.
We were following the progress of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy, an
extraordinary environmental initiative designed to protect the
bountiful forests of the Commonwealth both now and for future
generations.
A simple shoot then, but not without its challenges. There would be
no rehearsal, and no second takes. Timing was tight, and every step
required careful planning.
In the hours before the walk, we recced the route one final time,
then ate our sandwiches in the cool shade provided by the great London
plane trees that dominate the palace garden.
In the end, it was a day of perfect timing. The sun was out and the
roses in bloom, but most crucially, the comic timing of our two
remarkably playful contributors made the most welcome surprise. The pair
sparked off each other, making jokes and sharing stories as they
wandered among the trees.
This was a rare treat to witness – and an even rarer one to capture on film.
As the conversation flowed, the subject matter became more intimate.
The Queen spoke profoundly of her legacy, of a time when the trees in
the garden will change, though she will not be around to see them. It
was a fitting conclusion to a production full of quite extraordinary
moments.
Cut to south-west Africa, earlier that same month. As I sat in the
back of a tiny turbo prop plane piloted by Angelina Jolie, flying low
over the Namibian desert as the sun set among the dunes, all I could
think about was whether I’d pressed record on the GoPro suckered to the
cockpit.
There was enough room – just – for two in the back of the aircraft,
but with the main camera on a fixed 50mm prime, we needed that wide shot
looking back towards the film icon actually flying the plane. As we
prepared to take off, I had a chat with Angelina about her sunglasses.
As you would imagine, the bright African sun meant she was wearing
shades (effortlessly cool A-list aviators, naturally), but this was a
key scene where she would talk personally about her love of Namibia, and
about the conservation work that needs to be done here.
It would be nice to see her eyes. On the other hand, she was flying the plane, and it would be nice if she could see.
As it turned out, she was an excellent pilot, but she is a film-maker
too, and was keen to get the right shot. So off came the glasses and
off we flew into the African sunset to shoot a beautiful sequence in the
skies above the desert.
Keeping it simple
These were not overly expensive shoots. When you have David
Attenborough and the Queen together for a short sequence, the tendency
might be to pile on cameras and crew, to cover all angles and maximise
coverage.
The Buckingham Palace garden scene was shot on a single camera, with
very little time for cutaways or non-synch footage, but the result was
considered and magical: an intimate feel, both on the shoot and on
screen, with a distinctive and consistent visual tone.
Likewise in Namibia, which was also shot towards the end of our
production process (and budget), a skeleton crew – equipped with an Arri
Amira and a GoPro – kept logistics simple, the atmosphere relaxed and
intimate, and focused on what mattered: passionate contributors talking
about an extraordinary project. That might just change the world.
Bringing together a cast list that includes the Queen, Sir David
Attenborough, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and film
star and activist Angelina Jolie requires patience, planning and quite a
bit of pulling power. We supplied the first two and Buckingham Palace
provided the third.
UNGUARDED MOMENTS
Two and a half years later, The Queen’s Green Planet offers, I think,
a unique, unguarded glimpse of the Queen’s character while following
the evolution of the Commonwealth Canopy initiative in an accessible
way.
It is an unexpectedly joyful film full of optimism and purpose. I
hope it brings the QCC to a larger, worldwide audience – and I guarantee
you won’t have seen this version of the Queen on camera before.
Nathaniel Lippiett - My tricks of the trade
However huge the kit and crew, or grand the setting, make the
filming atmosphere as relaxed, intimate and conducive for contributors
to open up as possible.
Deciding what not to shoot can be just as important as deciding what to shoot, and can help focus the film – and the edit.
Start with a plan, then go with the flow.
Make sure your GoPro is fully charged, and check it is recording before you take off.
Thanks Felicity and Pride&Joy
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Angelina Jolie and Her Children Are Working with Queen Elizabeth on a Special Conservation Project https://t.co/xdjgrsyb9H
They may be from two very different worlds, but
it’s a shared passion for conservation that has Angelina Jolie joining
forces with the Queen to help save one of the world’s most important
natural habitats—forests.
One of Her Majesty’s
most ambitious projects to date, the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy (QCC)
is a unique initiative to build a vast network of forest conservation
projects around the world. It's also the reason Jolie secretly travelled
to Namibia last summer with her six children to open a plant nursery to
provide local saplings to replace dying trees in the Namib desert.
“The [project] means so much and will mean so much to so many people,” Jolie says in new documentary The Queen’s Green Planet.
“So, for us to come here and say to the children, ‘This is why it’s
important to plant a tree,’ that’s the biggest message I can teach my
kids and it’s something that they’ve certainly learned from Her Majesty
and her message.”
So far, 37 Commonwealth
nations, including Australia, Canada, Jamaica and the U.K., have signed
up to the program, which aims to save indigenous forests spanning across
53 Commonwealth countries for future generations.
Jolie is an active campaigner on Namibia’s
conservation scene and has been involved in numerous projects there
since she first visited in 2003, so it was an instant "yes" when she was
approached by the Namibian government on behalf of the Queen to help
the initiative.
For the documentary, a small
camera crew joined Jolie as she took to the pilot’s seat of a Cessna 210
plane to fly across the Namib desert. She explained the importance of
working with the 91-year-old British monarch.
“[The
children] ask me, ‘Why is it so important to her?’” she explains. “You
know when you sit up at night in a tent with your kids and they say,
‘Why does the Queen of England care about planting trees in Africa?’ And
to be able to explain that to them is a really nice way of being able
to explain... the world at large and what should matter and why.”
She
continues, “I think that’s what it comes down to is you say to the
kids, ‘You know, really, you don’t know her, you can’t understand all
that it means to be a queen and all that... You try to say, ‘You know,
she’s just this really lovely lady who really cares about people around
the world, and she really cares about the future, and she wants your
grandkids and her grandkids to be able to be running around, enjoying
nature and other cultures, and the importance of other cultures.’ She
thinks that really matters and I agree with her.”
Namibia is the most sparsely populated country in
the Commonwealth, with vast areas of desert that suffer greatly from
drought and deforestation. As part of her visit, Jolie— who set up the
nursery with the help of the local San people, one of Africa’s oldest
tribes—enlisted children Shiloh, Maddox, Pax, Knox, Vivienne and Zahara
to plant one of the first trees for the Canopy.
Producer and director Jane Treays, who traveled with Jolie on the trip, tells BAZAAR.com,
“It’s was lovely to see [the children] all so involved in this project
and how passionate Angelina is about the QCC. She made sure they all
understood what it was they were part of.”
During the same trip to Namibia, where Jolie shot her November 2017 Harper’s BAZAAR cover,
the filmmaker and actress also opened the Shiloh Wildlife Sanctuary in
honor of her 11-year-old daughter, who was born in the country’s
Swakopmund city in May 2006. The new facility is funded by the
Jolie-Pitt Foundation and provides a home for animals like rhinos and
elephants and safety from poachers.
Jolie—who sources confirm is currently based in London ahead of filming Maleficent 2
at Pinewood Studios later this month—first met the Queen in 2014 when
she was made an honorary dame for her services to U.K. foreign policy
and campaigning to end war zone sexual violence. She later returned to
Buckingham Palace in March 2017, where she was accompanied by son Maddox
for a private tour of the Queen’s main residence.
For
her Majesty, the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy is an opportunity to
create a lasting legacy of her leadership in the Commonwealth and, in
her own words, a “chance to change the climate again." But as she slows
down on travel due to age, she is now relying on a younger generation of
royals to help spread her unique vision to all corners of the globe.
From Prince William and Duchess Kate’s September 2016 trip to theGreat
Bear Rainforest in Canada to Prince Harry’s tree planting photo ops
across the Caribbean during his November 2016 tour, her grandchildren
are stepping up to finish the job.
“As a prince [you are] born at birth with a natural
platform, to be able to try and make a difference,” Harry says in the
hour-long documentary. “From that perspective, I’m very lucky to have a
platform to be able to try and make change and the causes that mean a
lot to me.”
He continues, “The QCC initiative provides an
opportunity to unite us all, develop new approaches and reduce our
impact on the environment. It is up to us to change our behaviour. So,
we’re the generation who are going to have to fix it. And… the platform
of the Commonwealth is the perfect place to start.”
The Queen’s Green Planet airs April 16 at 9 PM GMT on Britain's ITV network.
The #Naankuse Forest Conservation Revegetation Project is the latest initiative in our conservation partnership with #AngelinaJolie and will help preserve indigenous trees in Namibia for future generations.
We’re proud to have worked with Angelina Jolie.https://t.co/WEJe7IwOKHpic.twitter.com/p0YVGWRRC0
Combating desertification
The N/a’an ku sê Forest Conservation Revegetation Project is taking
N/a’an ku sê’s current landscape conservation efforts to the next level.
With the ultimate goal of conserving Namibia’s native forests, the
project is evolving from maintenance of the forest to active
rehabilitation of degraded areas where indigenous forests once thrived.
Project aims
Funded by Angelina Jolie and developed in partnership with the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the
N/a’an ku sê Forest Conservation Revegetation Project involves the
construction of economically viable and ecologically
sustainable nurseries at N/a’an ku sê Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary in
central Namibia. Indigenous seed of various native tree and shrub
species (with a focus on endangered species) will be collected and
propagated using recycled water. These seedlings will then be planted
into areas where existing native vegetation has been reduced or lost
because of human interference. The project will provide employment
opportunities and associated training for the local community in nursery
operations, plant propagation, forest revegetation and conservation, as
well as volunteer coordination.
This project advances the most recent National Action Programme for
Namibia to Implement the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (NAP 2014-2024), which aims to ”prevent and reverse
desertification and land degradation in affected areas and to mitigate
the effects of drought in Namibia in support of poverty reduction and
environment sustainability.” The project contributes to both the
environmental and community aspects of this programme.
In November 2016, the project was accepted into the Queen’s
Commonwealth Canopy, at a ceremony hosted by Her Majesty The Queen of
England and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, and attended by
world-renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The QCC, launched in
2015 by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta, is a
unique network of forest conservation initiatives, which involves all 52
countries of the Commonwealth. The QCC supports a network of forest
conservation projects that will mark Her Majesty The Queen’s service to
the Commonwealth, while conserving indigenous forests for future
generations. The project was opened by Angelina Jolie in June 2017.
The N/a’an ku sê Forest Conservation Revegetation Project is honoured
to be included in the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. We hope that the
project outcomes will act as a framework to encourage and guide those
interested in forest conservation within Namibia and across Southern
Africa and a catalyst for future forest conservation projects.
Dissemination of the project results (including failures and successes)
will add to the body of knowledge around forest conservation, encourage
information sharing among the community and raise awareness of the value
of saving indigenous forests and how they contribute to climate change.
We have just relaunched one of our favourite WEM courses -
CONSERVATION MEDICINE with the world renowned N/a’an ku sê Foundation in
Namibia.
The course is set within a 10,000 hectare reserve which
includes the newly developed Shiloh Wildlife Sanctuary. The main aim of
the sanctuary is to assist and care for any rhinos or elephants that
have been injured or orphaned in a poaching incident. The Sanctuary is
one of many projects at N/a’an ku sê funded by the Jolie-Pitt Foundation over the years, and is a collaboration between N/a’an ku sê, JPF and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
If you’re keen to take your medical skills into conservation projects,
nature reserves, remote communities or simply have a passion for
conservation, this course is for you.
As Harper’s Bazaar celebrates
its 150th anniversary, Jolie shares her thoughts on women’s rights and
our responsibility toward the environment.
By
Angelina Jolie and Photographs by: Alexi Lubomirski; Fashion Editor: Jennifer Rade
Oct 11, 2017
Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie is known
for using her voice to champion human rights causes around the world.
Her latest producing project, The Breadwinner,
tells the story of an 11-year-old Afghan girl named Parvana who dresses
as a boy in order to feed her family in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan,
where women were not allowed to work or attend school. As we celebrate
the 150th anniversary of the founding of Harper’s Bazaar, Jolie shares
her thoughts on women’s rights today and our responsibility toward each
other and our environment.
When I was asked to write for this special anniversary edition of Bazaar,
I imagined a female reader of the magazine 150 years ago, in 1867. If
she’d been able to see us—today’s women—what would she have made of us?
Bazaar
was first published in America just two years after the end of the
Civil War and the abolition of slavery. It was a world without cars,
modern antibiotics, or electric lighting. Most people did not live
beyond their 50th birthday, and it was still common for women to die in
childbirth.
As a woman, for much of the 19th century in most
Western countries, you couldn’t go to university, and entire
professions, like medicine, science, and law, were closed to you. You
couldn’t vote and wouldn’t win that right in many countries for more
than half a century.
So I imagine that if that reader of Bazaar
could see us now, she would be astonished. And since she probably
argued for women’s rights in her lifetime, I imagine she’d be thankful.
Bone t-shirt; Ralph Lauren Collection pants;
Beladora earrings; Ariat Two24 boots; Jill Heller vintage bangles;
Jolies own necklace and ring.
But I also wonder what that 19th-century woman
would make of the inequality that still exists for tens of millions of
women and girls around the world—such as the ones who have to go to work
instead of school because they support their families, like the girl
Parvana depicted in the animated film The Breadwinner. Or the
women who will still die young because they have little or no access to
health care. Would she think that we have done enough for them?
The
most beautiful and resilient woman I have ever met was a young Afghan
refugee in an abandoned camp on the border with Pakistan. She was
pregnant, and her husband had gone to find work to support her. They
were bulldozing the mud shelters around her, but she was waiting for
him, as they had no other way of finding each other. She had no roof,
and there was no nearby hospital. She asked me in and offered me tea.
She asked about my family and my country. When I
offered to help in any way I could, she said she couldn’t ask for more
than a visit and a conversation. She was generous and dignified, and her
eyes had such clarity. Sometimes when I have a hard day, I see her
smile, and the way she held her body, as if she would give all her
remaining strength to her baby. Two weeks after we met, it was 9/11.
With all that has happened since in Afghanistan, I can’t imagine how she
could have made it. Did her husband make it back before they demolished
the camp? Did she give birth there, or was she forced out? Is she
sitting in a tent on a border somewhere with her child, who’s now a
teenager?
I read recently that the World
Economic Forum predicted that it will take 83 years for the gaps in
rights and opportunities between women and men to close in all
countries. This is not about progress for women at the expense of men,
but about finding an equal balance that benefits everyone. Eighty-three
years seems far longer than anyone, man or woman, would ever hope for or
imagine.
My mother, who was part Iroquois
Indian on her father’s side, taught me the Iroquois saying that we
should consider the impact of our decisions upon the next seven
generations. It is hard for us to be that thoughtful, with all the
pressures in our lives, but it seems to me to be a beautiful aspiration.
Gabriela Hearst Corporation blouse; Jolies own earrings.
Alexi Lubomirski
So whoever you are as you read this—a doctor,
lawyer, scientist, human rights activist, student, teacher, mother,
wife, or boy or girl flipping through your mother’s copy—I hope that you
will join me in taking time today to think about how we can all
contribute to making a better future.
There is a
lot we can’t predict about the world 150 years from now. But we do know
that our great-grandchildren will be living with the consequences of
decisions we make now, just as we can trace the origin of problems we
are dealing with today to their roots in earlier centuries.
It
was early in the 19th century, for example, that the craze for ivory
and other products made from wild animals took off in some countries,
along with wider destruction of the environment. Where millions of
elephants, lions, and other species once roamed the African continent,
today small, scattered populations cling on in the face of relentless
poaching and the expansion of agricultural land reducing their natural
habitat.
Atelier Versace gown.
The photos alongside this piece were shot at a
nature reserve in Namibia’s Namib desert. The reserve is run by the
N/a’an ku sê Foundation, led by my friends Marlice and Rudie van Vuuren.
Our daughter Shiloh was born in Namibia, and our family has worked with
Rudie and Marlice on conservation in that country over the past decade.
For me, Namibia represents not only ties of family and friendship but
also the effort to find the balance between humans and the environment
so crucial to our future.
The N/a’an ku sê
Foundation works with Namibia’s San people, who are considered to be the
world’s oldest culture. They represent thousands of years of man and
wildlife coexisting in harmony, but they have suffered, like other
indigenous peoples, from being forced off their lands by farming,
unchecked development, and the depletion of wildlife. The destruction of
natural habitat and wildlife has left the San people unable to hunt and
support their families.
The same thing is happening all across the globe—in
Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific—and women are often the
most affected. Women make up most of the world’s poor. It often falls on
them to find food, water, and fuel to cook for their families. When the
environment is damaged—for example, when fishing stocks are destroyed,
wildlife is killed by poachers, or tropical forests are bulldozed—it
deepens their poverty. Women’s education and health are the first things
to suffer. The environment is also a crucial factor in future global
stability, with 21.5 million people displaced worldwide by climate
change every year, as part of the more than 65 million people displaced
in total.
N/a’an ku sê works to preserve the
natural habitat and to protect endangered species, such as elephants,
rhinos, and cheetahs, like the ones pictured in this story. I first
encountered them in 2015, when they were small cubs and our family
sponsored them. They’d been orphaned, and nearly died. They were nursed
back to health, but they cannot be returned to the wild, as they have
lost their fear of humans and could be killed if they stray onto
farmland. With cheetah numbers plummeting to fewer than 7,100 worldwide,
the mission is to save every animal possible.
Dior dress and rings.
These cheetahs are not pets, nor should any wild
animal ever be kept as one. They inspire us to help preserve these
unique, majestic creatures in the wild, as just one of many steps to
preserve the environment for future generations.
Each
of us has the power to make an impact through our everyday choices. For
instance, we can commit to never buying illegal wildlife products such
as ivory or rhino horn.
Fashion was once a
major factor in encouraging the demand for clothes, jewelry, and objects
made from wildlife parts. But magazines can now send a different
message: that wild animals belong in the wild, and that ivory is not
beautiful unless on the tusk of a living animal.
What
we do, each in our own small way, matters. The hopeful thought is that
it is in our hands. Over the next 150 years, technology is going to give
us more and better means of communicating, fighting poverty, defending
human rights, and caring for the environment. But it is what we choose
to do with the freedom we have that will make all the difference. If my
life experience has taught me anything, it is that what you stand for,
and what you choose to stand against, is what defines you. As the San
people say, “You are never lost if you can see your path to the
horizon.”
The N/a’an ku sê Foundation's
mission is to conserve the land, cultures, and wildlife of Namibia. It
provides a haven and a second chance for injured, orphaned, or
vulnerable animals. The three cheetahs featured in this story were
rescued and sponsored through the foundation. Animals are released
whenever possible so that they may be free to live a natural life in the
wild. Only those animals too ill or human-habituated remain at the
sanctuary. The Jolie Pitt Foundation
has supported N/a’an ku sê since 2006. On her most recent trip to
Namibia, Angelina opened a new clinic for wounded elephants and rhinos. For more information or to donate, visit naankuse.com.
This article originally appears in the November 2017 issue, available on newsstands October 24.
Lead image: Alberta Ferretti top and pants; Hair: Adam Campbell for Wella Professionals; Makeup: Toni G. for smdcosmetics.com; Production: Colette Massier for N/a’an ku sê Films.
"Wild animals belong in the wild, and ivory is not beautiful unless on the tusk of a living animal". Important call to protect the environment by Angelina Jolie. #IWT
Angelina Jolie and daughter Shiloh are getting in touch with their wild side.
Jolie and her kids traveled to the African country of Namibia earlier
this month to open the Shiloh Wildlife Sanctuary — and PEOPLE has
exclusive photos from their trip.
The Sanctuary, which cares for elephants and rhinos that have fallen victim to poaching or abuse, is located at the N/a’an ku sê Foundation
The cause is special to Shiloh, 11, who was born in Namibia.
“Her face lit up when she saw the
sanctuary for the first time,” a source tells PEOPLE. “The name was a
surprise to her and she was beaming. She and her brothers and sisters
moved around very quietly as the newly rescued elephants were still
settling in.”
During their five-day stay, Jolie, 42, and Shiloh met with N/a’an ku sê founder Rudie and Marlice van Vuuren and got hands-on experience working with the wild animals.
They even caught up with a cheetah named Shiloh, whom Jolie first encountered as a cub in 2015.
Jolie concluded her visit with a private
meeting with President Dr. Hage Geingob and Madame Monica Geingos, First
Lady of the Republic of Namibia, to discuss conservation in Namibia and
her family’s ongoing commitment to the country.
“It is a privilege to work with N/a’an ku sê and be able to contribute to conservation in Namibia,” Jolie said before leaving.
For more from Angelina Jolie and Shiloh’s visit, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
Naankuse
had a special visitor last weekend... Naankuse Ambassador, Angelina
Jolie stopped by to discuss conservation in Namibia and visit good
friends Marlice Van Vuuren and Dr. Rudie van Vuuren.
“It is an honour for our family to be able to support N/a’an ku sê’s
mission to conserve the land, cultures and wildlife of Namibia and to
rescue threatened species. I look forward to working even more closely
with Marlice and Rudie in the years to come, and with the government of
Namibia, to build on the success and effectiveness of these projects,
which hold many inspiring lessons for conservation around the world”.
While on her visit, Angelina Jolie had the chance to interact with Naankuse's ambassador cheetah cubs, Shiloh, Wonder and Odyssey.
“Shiloh watches videos of the cubs as they are growing. She loves that
little cheetah Shiloh has a tough and independent nature, and cannot
wait to visit N/a’an ku sê and meet them herself.”
N/a'an Ku Se national wildlife conservation ambassador, Angelina Jolie-Pitt and her son Pax play with some cheetah cubs.
Information provided by N/a’ankuse Foundation
Naankuse rescues threatened wildlife, carries out research to prevent
human-wildlife conflict and provides education and healthcare to the
San Bushman community.
The expedition was also an opportunity to see conservationist and
friend, Marlice van Vuuren and her husband Dr. Rudie van Vuuren. Marlice
and Angelina have been strong friends since they met on the set of
Beyond Borders in 2003 and Angelina has been heavily involved in the
Naankuse’s work since 2006.
Along with son Pax, Angelina had the chance to meet and interact
Naankuse’s new ambassador cheetah cubs, Wonder, Odyssey and Shiloh.
Rudie and Marlice named Shiloh after Angelina’s daughter Shiloh Jolie
Pitt, who adopted and sponsored the cub for her 9th birthday in May this year, and named its other two siblings.
During her visit, Angelina was involved in discussions surrounding human
wildlife conflict mitigation and the trials involved in this element of
conservation. With the support of the Jolie Pitt Foundation, The
Naankuse Foundation works with farmers and landowners on mitigating
human wildlife conflict. Over 140 carnivores have been rehabilitated
back into the wild over the last seen years, mostly with the consent of
the landowner where the conflict occurred. Naankuse monitors the animals
on a daily basis and shares that information with landowners and
farmers, helping reduce the conflict between human and animals which has
contributed to the critical endangering of the cheetah and other
species. Naankuse’s human wildlife conflict work is not limited to
carnivores but includes lions, elephants, baboons and a host of other
species.
Angelina met San Bushman residing in N/a’an ku sê’s ancient skills
village, and was also treated to a traditional song and dance performed
by N/a’an ku sê’s Clever Cubs school kids who celebrated the chance to
share their knowledge and culture. There was nothing but smiles on the
children’s faces when Angelina and Marlice joined in the fun, partaking
in the San tradition, moving their feet to the sounds of tiny clapping
hands.
Angelina also spoke with President of the Republic of Namibia Dr.
Hage Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingos while at Naankuse, and
expressed her desire to work through the Naankuse Foundation with
government on making Namibia a world leader in conservation.
AMBASSADOR of N/a'an Ku Se national wildlife conservation Angelina
Jolie-Pitt expressed her desire to work through the foundation with the
Namibian government to make Namibia a world leader in conservation.
Jolie-Pitt said this during her visit to the conservation this past Saturday.
Spokesperson of the conservation Antje Rahn said Jolie-Pitt also spoke to President Hage Geingob and the First Lady.
"It is an honour for our family to be able to support N/a'an Ku Se's
mission to conserve the land, cultures and wildlife of Namibia and to
rescue threatened species."
"I look forward to working even more closely with Marlice and Rudie
in the years to come, and with the government of Namibia, to build on
the success and effectiveness of this project which hold many inspiring
lessons for conservation around the world," said Jolie-Pitt.
Rahn, in a press release, said Jolie-Pitt, who was accompanied by her
son Pax, came to witness results of the Jolie-Pitt Foundation's
partnership with N/a'an Ku Se and discuss conservation in Namibia.
She said Jolie-Pitt is good friends with Marlice van Vuuren and her
husband Rudie, owners of N/a'an Ku Se, since they met on the set of
Beyond Borders in 2003.
Jolie-Pitt has been heavily involved in the work at N/a'an Ku Se since its inception in 2006.
N/a'an Ku Se works with farmers and landowners on easing
human-wildlife conflict, and over the past seven years 140 carnivores
have been rehabilitated back into the wild with the consent of
landowners where the conflict occurred.
"N/a'an Ku Se's human-wildlife conflict is not limited to carnivores
but includes lions, elephants, baboons and a host of other species,"
said Rahn.
American film stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have continued
supporting a Namibian private wildlife sanctuary with a new enclosure
for endangered cheetah being the the latest donation, the sanctuary said
on Monday.
"Five of your seven magnificent cheetahs are strolling into their new
seven-hectare enclosure, purring their appreciation for the
Jolie-Pitts," the Naankuse Foundation said in a newsletter.
"We hope one day to be able to show Shiloh [Jolie-Pitt] the piece of paradise she created".
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is the firstborn of actors' three biological children, with the pair also having three adopted children.
Shiloh, eight-years old, was born in Namibia in May 2006, to where the
couple retreated for several weeks to prepare for the baby's birth away
from international media hype.
Jolie and Pitt established the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in Namibia in 2006 to mark the birth of daughter Shiloh in that country.
"The foundation continues to bless our many projects," the Naankuse wildlife sanctuary stated.
The recent completion of a five-hectare enclosure for baboons -- either
orphaned or brought injured to Naankuse and nursed back to health but
cannot be released into the wild -- was entirely funded by the
Jolie-Pitt Foundation.
"New housing for our [employed] San (Bushmen) - fully covered by the
Jolie-Pitt Foundation is just one of many projects," the newsletter
said.
Jolie first became involved with Naankuse after working with local
conservationist Marlice van Vuuren on a film shoot -- "Beyond Borders"
--in 2003 in Namibia.
Van Vuuren and her husband Rudi are co-founders of Naankuse, some 50km east of the capital Windhoek.
Jolie has "since visited Naankuse several times, together with Brad Pitt and their six children," the Naankuse website notes.
"They take an active interest and involvement in our projects, feeding
the animals in our sanctuary and meeting the San Bushman community
here."
The Jolie-Pitt Foundation helps Naankuse's long-term projects, like
conservation for carnivores and wild dogs, and supporting vulnerable
people in Namibia like the San.
"Our vision for the new projects is to grow them into something that
Shiloh can be part of, an internationally recognisable foundation that
is sustainable in the long term and stays true to its mission of doing
good, regardless," Naankuse said.
Both Pitt and Jolie have donated to many causes internationally,
including Global Action for Children and Doctors without Borders.
They contribute to projects worldwide in honour of their children
including the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation in Cambodia, which works with
rural villagers and local governments to improve access to health care
and education and to alleviate food insecurity.
Maddox, from Cambodia, was adopted by Jolie, with the actor receiving him in Namibia in 2003 while shooting "Beyond Borders".
