Silent Forests
Films by Title A-Z
•
1h 49m
Silent Forests is an intimate, character-driven portrait of conservationists and activists who are struggling to stop forest elephant poaching in Africa's Congo Basin region. After a study revealed that more than half the central African forest elephant population has been lost to poaching in the last decade, there has a concerned effort to save those that remain. It will explore this story through a range of dynamic subjects; including one of Cameroon's first female eco-guards, a grassroots wildlife law enforcement group, a Congolese biologist studying elephant behavior, a reformed elephant poacher, and a team of anti-poaching sniffer dogs led by a Czech conservationist. As passionate and tenacious as these conservationists are, they are up against huge institutional challenges like corruption and lack of funding that threaten to derail all their attempts to fight for the future of the forest elephant.
Up Next in Films by Title A-Z
-
Sins of My Father
The son of Pablo Escobar, Sebastian, recounts his childhood of extreme luxury and life on the run with his father, Colombia's most wanted man. His story is intertwined with those of two of Escobar's most prominent victims: a Minister of Justice and a presidential candidate, as told by their sons....
-
Six to Six
Six to Six offers an intimate look inside a busy Cape Town mortuary. This documentary reveals the human, often humorous side of working with loss. It paints a portrait of three forensic pathology officers—Taariq, Lungi, and Pierre—who spend their nights waiting for people to die, finding camarade...
-
Sky's The Limit
A documentary exploring monumental mural art. In urban renewal zones, artists transform vast, windowless gable walls—once early graffiti targets. Since 2012, this art form has spectacularly rebirthed, especially in Paris’ 13th arrondissement. Through designs conceived as décor, they skillfully ob...
