Supposedly based on a true occurrence of 1984, IN THE SHADOW OF KILIMANJARO takes place in Kenya in the Amboselli National Park. Bottoms runs a wildlife preserve in a region inhabited by the Masai that is suffering from a severe draught. Because there is a shortage of food and water, the
animals have become difficult to control--especially the baboons, which are now roaming in packs looking for food. When the dismembered body of a young native boy is found, Bottoms makes an appeal for evacuating the area's 200 residents. His wife (Miracle), who has just arrived from California via
Nairobi, is attacked by the angry primates trying to break into her house. Eventually...
Released:
1986
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins