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Virunga

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Virunga

2014

1h 30m

Documentary

War

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A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.

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Critics Consensus

Virunga offers a heart-rending glimpse of natural wonders vulnerable to the atrocities of greed -- and the people devoting their lives to defending them.

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Steve Pond

TheWrap

The result is gorgeous and wrenching, the indelible chronicle of a impossible but essential fight.

Jul 3, 2018

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Ronnie Scheib

Variety

With enough action, pathos, suspense, venal villains, stalwart heroes and endangered gorillas for a dozen fiction films, von Einsiedel's extraordinary documentary Virunga lays out the complex of deadly forces threatening the titular national park...

Jul 3, 2018

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Zeba Blay

Shadow and Act

Virunga's biggest strength lies in never attempting to be one kind of documentary. There's an element of uncertainty, a sense of anxiety that one feels watching the film as at any moment it feels that something will go horribly wrong.

Jul 3, 2018

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Gem Seddon

SFX Magazine

Be prepared to shed absolute buckets at the horrors. But, it isn't entirely bleak though, as the real message here is the lengths that people will go to in order to save a species.

Feb 3, 2022

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

"Virunga" crackles with excitement as much as incitement as it vividly allows the audience to experience the park rangers' struggle to preserve their country's fragile infrastructure firsthand.

Nov 20, 2018

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Casey Cipriani

Movie Mezzanine

It is a saddening look at the environmental consequences of corporate expansion and the innocent lives and creatures lost because of money.

Rated: A

Jul 3, 2018

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lesley g

The documentary "Virunga" highlights the immense challenges faced in Virunga National Park, home to critically endangered mountain gorillas. brings to light the tireless efforts of conservationists and rangers protecting these gorillas from poaching and habitat loss. This film critiques the often unchecked pursuit of economic interests at the expense of irreplaceable natural heritage, underscoring the need for more responsible and sustainable approaches that value both people and the environment. It's pretty fascinating (and really infuriating) stuff.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/11/24

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Pantera O

"Negocios son negocios" Em la localidad de vitunga si duspuga una guerra por el territorio que amenaza a sus pobladores y a los últimos gorilas de montaña. Dramática. Intensa. Periodística. Imagenes de los estragos de la guerra, y el daño ambiental, alrededor de espectaculares paisajes del lugar. Documenta la vida de los gorilas de montaña que buscan resguardo en los guardabosques. La violencia y conflictos sociales del Congo. Las consecuencias del capitalismo, el abuso de poderes y corrupción que estan deteriorando una de las zonas mas emblemáticas del mundo, y de suma importancia para la región. Revela la vulnerabilidad que existe en la zona, y los presentes conflictos que ponen en riesgo a sus habitantes. No entiendo al ser humano, no entiendo porque hay tanta destrucción. ¿A quien carajo le importa un mono? La corrupción es terrible. Técnica: 8.9 Expresión: 6.9 Efecto: 7.9 Experiencia: 7.6 Calificación: 7.8/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Audience Member

The movie was very informative! It demonstrates people devoting their lives to save the environment and the living organisms that live in it. This documentary contains situations that the audience could feel sympathy for the living organisms and how their species are slowly becoming extinct due to human interaction.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Captivating, intense, raw and emotional from the get-go. You're swallowed up in this chaotic way, swirled around in a world of corruption, greed & deep anger and somehow come out on the other side with a feeling of inspiration to do all you can to make a difference to not only this national park but to the world. Worth every second of my attention.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Winner Hot Docs and DOXA film festival. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_(film)#Awards

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Brian D

4/7/20 - gave it 4.5 stars

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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Orlando von Einsiedel

Director

André Bauma

Actor

Emmanuel De Merode

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Mélanie Gouby

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Orlando von Einsiedel

Writer

Howard G. Buffett

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Synopsis

A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.

Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
Producer: Joanna Natasegara, Orlando von Einsiedel
Screenwriter: Orlando von Einsiedel
Genre: Documentary, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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