FILMS
FILMS
THURSDAY, OCT 6, 7;00 PM
THE IVORY GAME
DIRECTORS KIEF DAVIDSON AND RICHARD LADKANI.
// DC PREMIERE. 116 MIN. 2016
With over 150,000 elephants killed in the past five years for their tusks, THE IVORY
GAME documents the urgent plight of the African elephant as it falls victim to a
vast underground trade, where a single kilogram of ivory can sell for $3,000. With
astonishing footage and a globe-spanning investigation, the film follows the work
of wildlife activists, investigators and a Chinese journalist who risk their own lives
to take down poachers in Africa and black marketeers in Asia, in a daring effort to
save the last remaining elephants. Along the way, the young journalist reexamines
the time-honored role of the investigative reporter as uninvolved observer of
wrongdoing.
POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW WITH:
Kief Davidson, co-director, THE IVORY GAME; Richard Ladkani, co-director, THE IVORY
GAME; Andrea Crosta, executive director and co-founder, WildLeaks; Hongxiang Huang,
independent journalist.
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