Eyes Like Diamonds

Apr 17, 2026

1h 16m

★ 0.0

Overview

Passionate conservationist Neil Waters embarks on a decade-long search through Tasmania’s wilderness to prove the Tasmanian Tiger still exists. Once celebrated but now ridiculed, his quest becomes a moving story of belief, science, redemption, and the ethics of extinction.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Alchemy Films

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Cast

Self

Neil Waters

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