The Ivory Game: The Ivory Plot

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Movie
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

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Austrian documentary "Ivory Game" on shortlist for Oscar. In: DiePresse.com. December 7, 2016, accessed January 27, 2018 .
  2. Viktor Pulz - OGLabs Germany UG: The Ivory Game: The Ivory Plot from today on Netflix - Newsslash.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
  3. 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]).
  4. http://www.wildscreen.org/