Virunga (2014)
- Directed by
- Orlando von Einsiedel
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 234 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows park rangers in the Congo as they protect endangered mountain gorillas. It shows their dangerous work during a violent rebellion and an oil company's interest in drilling inside the national park.
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What happens
Virunga is a 2014 British documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel. It focuses on the conservation work of park rangers within the Congo's Virunga National Park during the rise of the violent M23 Rebellion in 2012 and investigates the activity of the British oil company SOCO International within the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Soco International ended up officially exploring oil opportunities in Virunga in April 2014. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 17 April 2014. After airing on Netflix, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Mountain Gorilla (2010)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.