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

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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