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The Ivory Game

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2016 · 112 min Documentary
7.6 / 10 · TMDB

Under cover of darkness, poachers with chainsaws crack open elephant skulls to extract tusks. This documentary thriller shadows a coalition of scientists, rangers, and activists waging a covert war against powerful criminal syndicates controlling the black market for ivory. The camera infiltrates Hong Kong's back alleys, Beijing auction houses, and Tanzanian savannas, mapping a global chain from slaughter to luxury trinket. It operates as both a spy investigation and an ecological manifesto, where the stakes are the survival of an entire species.

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Year 2016
Country Austria, United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Kief Davidson
Runtime 112 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.6/10 (67 votes)

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"The Ivory Game" transcends standard documentary by crafting a genuine thriller, with camerawork and editing that place you in the heart of the conflict. It resists easy moralizing, instead exposing the intricate web of demand, corruption, and poverty that fuels the trade.

What lingers after the credits roll is not just horror at the brutality, but a clarified vision of the supply chain's mechanics. A simple carved ivory trinket can never again be seen as an innocent object. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Kief Davidson

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The tense silence of an ambush, dust from African roads, the cold gleam of illicit stockpiles.

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