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Stolen Apes

Directed By
Colin Sytsma
Produced By
Past Presentation
Cinema Verde
Animal Award
2020
Stolen Apes
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Stolen Apes
19
Minutes
Minute
Animals
,
Business
,
Documentary
United States
2019

After a sting operation in Bangkok for two trafficked orangutans leave those accountable with no consequence, Daniel Stiles, a detective in the illegal wildlife trade, thinks of new ways to combat illegal trafficking of great apes. For the last 8 years the focus of Sytsma’s work has been giving a platform to ordinary people who express a specific sociopolitical concern to strengthen community and inform us of actions and consequences at the ground level. Originally trained as an experimental storyteller and cinematographer at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts, his work has been shown on national media like PBS and at film festivals around the world.

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