The Last Animals @ The Transitions Film Festival
The Last Animals is a visceral adventure story about an extraordinary group of people who go to incredible lengths to save the planet’s last animals. The documentary follows the conservationists, scientists and activists battling poachers and transnational trafficking syndicates to protect elephants and rhinos from extinction.
Director Kate Brooks, previously a war correspondent, brings a sense of immediacy and danger in her telling of the extinction of Northern White Rhinos. When The Last Animals began production there were seven Northern White Rhinos left in the world.
Now there are just three. The Last Animals chronicles the desperate fight of researchers, zoologists and activists against the illegal ivory trade and the safety of large mammals – both rhinos and elephants.
The documentary, considered a must see at Tribeca film festival, spans the globe from Seattle to Africa to South East Asia, to track how the ivory trade, consumer demand and governmental complacency has led to the current situation – near extinction of some of the world’s most iconic animals.
CLASSIFICATION
*This film has been exempt from classification and is restricted to people over 15 years. People under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
THE TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL
The Transitions Film Festival is a visionary program dedicated to spotlighting the complex challenges, cutting-edge ideas, creative innovations and mega-trends that are redefining what it means to be human.
We present positive, solutions-focused films and showcase cutting-edge ideas from around the world, along with the creative, academic, governmental, community and business leaders who are creating change locally.
The Transitions Film Festival has been inspiring audiences and powering social change since 2012, hosting festivals in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin and facilitating screenings in Alice- Springs, Hobart and across Australia.
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Feedback/Comments
Amazing film! and great talk before the show
Insightful, devistating and outstanding all at once. This film shows that the ivory trade still exists and it's killing not only elephants but good people that try and protect them from extinction.
Very informative about an important issue