The Ivory Game: The Ivory Plot
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German title | The Ivory Game: The Ivory Plot |
Original title | The Ivory Game |
Country of production |
United States , Austria |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2016 |
length | 112 minutes |
Rod | |
Director |
Kief Davidson , Richard Ladkani |
production |
Kief Davidson , Wolfgang Knöpfler , Walter Köhler , Leonardo DiCaprio , Kief Davidson |
music | H. Scott Salinas |
camera |
Tobias Corts , Simon Werry |
cut | Verena Schönauer |
occupation | |
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The Ivory Game: The Ivory Plot is an Austrian documentary about the ivory trade . It is shown on Netflix . The film was produced by Terra Mater Film Studios .
action
The documentary traces the routes of ivory smuggling in East Africa . The filmmakers smuggled their way into an ivory smuggling network and recorded many facets of the business for 16 months. The film shows poachers on the hunt, active conservationists and rangers in the parks and the work of the Tanzanian criminal investigation agency NTSCIU.
consequences
The most famous elephant conservationist in Tanzania and protagonist of the film, Wayne Lotter , was shot dead on the street in Dar es Salaam in August 2017 .
Awards
- Cinema for Peace Award 2017 winner
- Winner of the International Green Film Award 2017
- Winner Wildscreen Festival Panda Award 2016
- Nominated Satellite Awards Best Motion Picture, Documentary 2016
- Shortlist Oscar 2016
Web links
- The Ivory Game website
- The Ivory Game: The Ivory conspiracy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Austrian documentary "Ivory Game" on shortlist for Oscar. In: DiePresse.com. December 7, 2016, accessed January 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Viktor Pulz - OGLabs Germany UG: The Ivory Game: The Ivory Plot from today on Netflix - Newsslash.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Simone Schlindwein: Murder of an animal rights activist in Tanzania: No mercy for elephant rescuers . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed on August 21, 2017]).
- ↑ http://www.wildscreen.org/