The documentary, Virunga was directed by Orlando Von Einsiedel and released on April 17, 2014. The Virunga National park lies in the eastern Congo. It is the home of the last mountain gorillas and takes in orphan gorillas. The new rebel group, M23, declares a war in 2012 causing a huge commotion and making the National Park a big target. Wanting to protect its park and its gorillas from people who want to close down the park, they created the documentary, Virunga. It shows a significant amount of pathos and logics with credible information and personal connections from the audience toward the park and its Gorillas. However, it was lacking ethos.
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As Melanie Gouby goes undercover to uncover the truth behind these groups intentions, she finds out why M23 wants to join SOCO's and what SOCO's Plans are for the national forest. "SOCO has a reputation for going to controversial ventures in difficult environments", said Melanie this part seems to be true from what SOCO has been doing and how they came once M23 started a conflict. As she goes undercover, she meets SOCO people and talks with them about their opinions. SOCO wants to go into the park, but Emmanuel de Merode (Wildlife director) does not allow them to and tells them exploring for oil in the national park is illegal. Although, SOCO still wanted to go in. As Melanie goes undercover, she wants to release what she finds; all the details and videos of the information she gets from M23 and SOCO. As she talks about what she discovers she is afraid not for herself but for what the viewers will do. "What I am scared about is when this is published is that people read it and then they just go on with their life and nothing is done about this" said Melanie many people do seem to watch and read about what happens, but they don't take charge and handle the situation. Things aren't being done to help the situation. Their lives keep going because it's not their situation and they don’t
Virunga is a story of people who gather together to protect the National park and its gorillas. …show more content…
As Melanie Gouby goes undercover to uncover the truth behind these groups intentions, she finds out why M23 wants to join SOCO's and what SOCO's Plans are for the national forest. "SOCO has a reputation for going to controversial ventures in difficult environments", said Melanie this part seems to be true from what SOCO has been doing and how they came once M23 started a conflict. As she goes undercover, she meets SOCO people and talks with them about their opinions. SOCO wants to go into the park, but Emmanuel de Merode (Wildlife director) does not allow them to and tells them exploring for oil in the national park is illegal. Although, SOCO still wanted to go in. As Melanie goes undercover, she wants to release what she finds; all the details and videos of the information she gets from M23 and SOCO. As she talks about what she discovers she is afraid not for herself but for what the viewers will do. "What I am scared about is when this is published is that people read it and then they just go on with their life and nothing is done about this" said Melanie many people do seem to watch and read about what happens, but they don't take charge and handle the situation. Things aren't being done to help the situation. Their lives keep going because it's not their situation and they don’t