Exclusive videos for IFP-Envision’s screening of Orlando von Einseidel’s VIRUNGA
by Erik Luers on October 20, 2014 in Uncategorized
As the award-winning documentary Virunga from director Orlando von Einseidel gets set to premiere on Netflix and in theaters next month, IFP has now released two videos from a special screening held on September 16th at the Director’s Guild of America theater. Presented by ENVISION, “a unique collaboration between IFP and the United Nations Creative Community Outreach Initiative (CCOI), [organizing] annual gatherings that have connected UN experts and NGO advocates with some of the most creative minds in filmmaking and new media,” the documentary, focusing on the political hardships rampant in Africa’s Virunga National Park, screened during IFP’s 36th Annual Independent Film Week.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton, the UN’s Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity, provided a keynote address, while Einseidel, Nik Sekhran (Head, Biodiversity Programme, UN Development Programme) and Nermeen Shaikh (Producer and Co-Host, “Democracy Now!”) hosted an extended discussion after the screening.