The move marks the return of Disney to the genre it first made famous between 19 with the True-Life Adventure series. The film is the first to be produced by Disneynature, launched to make wildlife films. They also hope that the film will lead to a dramatic increase in tourists who will boost the economy and persuade the Tanzanian government to abandon the proposed development. The Crimson Wing, set to hit UK cinemas in the autumn, charts the perilous lives of the vast flocks of shimmering pink flamingos that breed on the isolated shores of Lake Natron in northern Tanzania.Įnvironmentalists believe it will prove a powerful weapon in the fight to prevent a controversial soda ash mine being built at Lake Natron, which they claim will destroy the unique habitat vital to lesser flamingos throughout the region.
