The brutal slaughter of elephants for their ivory and the threat to their extinction–we’ve surely heard about this before, but Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson’s Netflix film The Ivory Game
is truly a breed apart from other coverage on this issue. Their
nail-biting detective work exposes the illegal ivory trade from the
inside, using hidden cameras and giving us a close-up on the work of
both incredibly brave Chinese journalists and Kenyan rangers to save
these tragically-threatened creatures. The film is a devastating look at
how poverty feeds the starting point of the trade while greed and a
lack of respect for a dying species prevents a genuine ban. Read more...
