Ever wonder what it’s like to work as a rhino caretaker? Kifaru (which means rhinoceros in Swahili) is a doc that follows the rangers who care for the only three northern white rhinos left in the world: Sudan, his daughter Najin, and his granddaughter Fatu. They all live together in a protected reserve in Kenya. People outside the reserve are very poor, and a rhino horn is worth a lot of money. Because of poachers, the rhinos can’t live free, they must be behind fences and guarded 24/7. Kifaru is an uplifting story about people caring for animals and working for their well-being, but it’s also a sad story about how humans are driving other species into extinction. One of the caretakers asks: “How did we get to this point? Why do we fight and plunder the world until there is nothing left?”

Kifaru screens tonight, tomorrow afternoon and Mon., June 3, at the 45th Seattle International Film Festival. Further details here. Check out The Stranger's complete SIFF guide here.