The Ivory Game Movie Analysis

Ivory trafficking is an immense problem that is threatening the lives of the diminishing African elephant population. In an attempt to raise awareness of the crisis, the documentary was filmed undercover for sixteen months in the heart of the problem. Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani’s documentary “The Ivory Game” expresses the concern of elephants possibly becoming extinct due to poaching for their ivory tusks. The film delves into well-known poachers and their hotspots in an attempt to arrest them and stop their practices. While the context takes mainly a political approach to gain prominent authority figures assistance in solving the ivory trafficking crisis, emotion is evoked through every aspect of the documentary. The illegal poaching of elephants is consistent in three countries. The countries are known as the pipeline of extinction for African elephants. The pipeline starts in Africa, where the poaching occurs, then the ivory travels through Vietnam, and ends in the hands of dealers and shops …show more content…
Although the film had very few immediate effects on the laws and regulations concerning ivory trafficking, there are several countries that have came together in unity to put an end to this crisis. An immediate effect from the documentary is that Kenya burned the vast amount of their supply of ivory, the remaining ivory is kept in government confinement. Another effect is that the United States banned all trade in ivory. The future effects is that China has declared to ban all trade in ivory by the end of 2017 and Hong Kong will ban their trade in ivory within five years. The effects of The Ivory Game are monumental to preserving the African elephant population. Due to these new laws and policies, the population is at a substantially less risk of becoming