Fighting for the Ecological Heart of the Eastern Congo

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 12, 2015

Director Orlando von Einsiedel discusses his new Netflix original documentary “Virunga.” The film follows an embattled team of park rangers and the endangered mountain gorillas they protect, as they are caught in the crossfire of poachers, militia and industry in one of the most bio-diverse places on earth, Africa’s oldest national park, Virunga, in eastern Congo. 

 

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