Virunga
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In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world and home to the last of the mountain gorillas. In this wild, but enchanted environment, a small and embattled team of park rangers protect this UNESCO world heritage site from armed militia, poachers and the dark forces struggling to control Congo's rich natural resources. When the newly formed M23 rebel group declares war in May 2012, a new conflict threatens the lives and stability of everyone and everything they've worked so hard to protect. VIRUNGA is the incredible true story of a group of brave people risking their lives to build a better future in a part of Africa the world’s forgotten and a gripping exposé of the realities of life in the Congo.
Orlando von Einsiedel is the director of the Academy Award-winning documentary, THE WHITE HELMETS. His debut feature, VIRUNGA, was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award and won over 50 international awards including an EMMY, a Grierson and a duPont-Columbia Award for outstanding journalism. His subsequent feature, the intimate and personal EVELYN, won a number of awards including the 2018 British Independent Film Award (BIFA) for Best Documentary. More recent projects include Academy Award and BAFTA winning short documentary LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) which Orlando executive produced and which grew out of his award winning 2010 short film SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL. EMMY nominated LOST AND FOUND for National Geographic; Jackson Wild winning FROM DEVIL’S BREATH for MSNBC; and forthcoming Netflix series HEART OF INVICTUS. Orlando is the founder of leading UK documentary production company Grain Media.
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