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The Last Ranger (2024)

The Last Ranger poster
Directed by
Cindy Lee
Genre
drama film
Country
South Africa
Runtime
28 min
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A ranger and a young volunteer patrol a game reserve in South Africa during the pandemic. They encounter the aftermath of a rhino poaching attack.

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What happens

The Last Ranger is a 2024 US/South African short drama film directed by Cindy Lee and produced by Darwin Shaw & Will Hawkes of Six Feet Films, as the second film in their international anthology, When The World Stopped. The film explores rhinoceros poaching and conservation efforts in the Amakhala Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa during the pandemic. Based on true life events, the story was brought to the producers by David S. Lee after witnessing the results of a poaching attack. The film had its premiere at the Pan African Film Festival on January 7, 2024. On 23 January 2025, it was nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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