We’ve all found ourselves enamoured with the tuxedo-clad penguins who waddle their way through Simon’s Town, but now there’s even more reason to celebrate these adorable critters.
Earlier this year, the Netflix series, Penguin Town, managed to snag six nominations across various categories for the prestigious Daytime Emmy Awards. The eight-part series has gone from Emmy nominated to an Emmy Award-winning documentary, after the series took home three statues, including trophies for “Outstanding Cinematography” and “Outstanding Travel, Adventure and Nature Series,” as per News24.
The documentary was produced by South African company, Red Rock Films, and follows the lives of African penguins who make their homes in the gardens of Simon’s Town residents – who wouldn’t want to have them as a neighbour?
The series reportedly started shooting from December 2019, through the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, until August 2020.
While Penguin Town follows a group of “boisterous” African penguins as they descend on the seaside town during the mating season, at its heart, the series aims to draw awareness to the impending extinction that these animals face as their numbers continue to dwindle due to human activity and climate change.
Check out the trailer below:
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