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The Burning Season

2008 · 89 min Documentary
6.8 / 10 · TMDB

Dorjee Sun, a young Australian Entrepreneur, believes there's money to be made from protecting rainforests in Indonesia, saving the orangutan from extinction and making a real impact on climate change. Armed with a laptop and a backpack, he sets out across the globe to find investors in his carbon trading scheme. It is a battle against time. Achmadi, the palm oil farmer is ready to set fire to his land to plant more palm oil, and Lone's orangutan centre has reached crisis point with over 600 orangutans rescued from the fires. The Burning Season is an eco-thriller about a young man not afraid to confront the biggest challenge of our time.

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Year 2008
Genre Documentary
Director Cathy Henkel
Runtime 89 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.8/10 (4 votes)

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The film constructs its narrative like a thriller, where the antagonist is time itself, and the stakes are measured in hectares of forest and animal lives. It relies on the parallel stories of three individuals whose fates are intertwined by a single ecological disaster, exploring the collision between idealism, capitalism, and survival.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of urgency—a clear-eyed look at a complex problem and a tribute to the stubborn optimism required to tackle it. The journey feels both intimate and globally significant. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Cathy Henkel

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