Perreault Magazine - 56 -
"When you buy something made of ivory, where does the money go?" This was the question posed by Kathryn Bigelow when asked about her Public Service Announcement short film,The Last Days of Ivory .The film, which examines the crisis in elephant poaching and its link to terrorism, was created by Bigelow, an animal advocate and American film director and producer (Zero Dark Thirty, The Hurt Locker) along with a team of fellow filmmakers. The film and the website aim to put the illegal ivory trade, and the terrorists who profit from it ,out of business. It is a film watched in reverse chronology, taking the viewer through the disturbing steps that lead to elephants being killed, having their tusks removed, and to the sale of their ivory for the profit and support of terrorist groups.The film is emotional, graphic and powerful in its message.
The illegal ivory trade is today a bigger issue than ever before.
LAST DAYS OF IVORY