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‘Trophy’ Trailer Offers a Complicated Look at Big-Game Hunting


Written by Jordan Raup on August 8, 2017

One of the more controversial, much-discussed documentaries to come out of Sundance this year was Trophy, the latest film from Shaul Schwarz (Narco Cultura) and Christina Clusiau. Taking a deep, complex look inside big-game hunting and wildlife conservation, the documentary will be arriving next month and now a new trailer has landed.
“There’s no clear answer for what to do here, like so much in this world,” we said in our review. “For every groundswell of social media support for a Cecil The Lion, there are a hundred (a thousand!) poaching atrocities committed in the name of protecting local farmers and fueling a growing hunting economy, and some of that is certainly legitimate.”

Check out the trailer below.

Endangered African species like elephants, rhinos and lions march closer to extinction each year. Their devastating decline is fueled in part by a global desire to consume these majestic animals. TROPHY journeys viewers across lush African forests and vast plains and into the world’s largest hunters’ convention in Las Vegas as it investigates the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation. Through the eyes of impassioned individuals who drive these industries—from a Texas-based trophy hunter to the world’s largest private rhino breeder in South Africa—the film grapples with the consequences of imposing economic value on animals. What are the implications of treating animals as commodities? Do breeding, farming and hunting offer some of the few remaining options to conserve our endangered animals? TROPHY will leave you debating what is right, what is wrong and what is necessary in order to save the great species of the world.

Trophy opens on September 8 in NY and LA and will have one-night screenings nationwide on September 26.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65OCUtz-aIM&t=9s


Link to movie trailer of "Trophy".

That's scary. We as hunters need too dig in and come together now more than ever. We need too get a video out at these film festivals.that show the truth about hunting and conservation.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kathi

there are a hundred (a thousand!) poaching atrocities committed in the name of protecting local farmers and fueling a growing hunting economy, and some of that is certainly legitimate.”

This right here tells me this look is no more complex than a glass of water masked as objective journalism.

Look where it is opening LA and New York. I am not saying that we need a Caan film (why not if they will accept it). But somebody DSC, NRA, Safari Classics, somebody needs to create a like product and put it out on social media. Yes, that would require showing dead animals to the public.

What I am talking about is not a hunting DVD, but a documentary that shows hunting, shows how every cent from a hunt gets allocated, interviews biologist, big game animal vets, local and national political figures tasked with resource allocation. Namibia would be the perfect case study.

That is the term a case study of a solid Namibia concession from restoration of game and habitat, income distribution, with national numbers over laid.

A lot of uneducated and some out right willfully dumb people are going to here regulated hunting is poaching.

Maybe the same thing for Zimbabwe. There are good people doing good work in the face of a corrupt, croniee government. Let's show the cards how much gam /habitat/food/jobs are saved when Buzz Charlton's client shoots an elephant. I know how much that elephant cost but do not know how the money from a concessions elephant quota is allocated in region/ country.

I have not seen the film, but I was invited to the screening at SXSW. It allegedly is a well balanced film. The hunter, Phillip G. has been traveling with the filmmakers all over the US promoting the film. If was so biased against hunting I don't think he would be on the road show. He's not that kind of guy. I think it will be worth seeing. I understand from one of their Facebook postings that even the filmmaker who was anti-hunting at the beginning of the project now supports regulated hunting.

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Look where it is opening LA and New York. I am not saying that we need a Caan film (why not if they will accept it). But somebody DSC, NRA, Safari Classics, somebody needs to create a like product and put it out on social media. Yes, that would require showing dead animals to the public. What I am talking about is not a hunting DVD, but a documentary that shows hunting, shows how every cent from a hunt gets allocated, interviews biologist, big game animal vets, local and national political figures tasked with resource allocation. Namibia would be the perfect case study.That is the term a case study of a solid Namibia concession from restoration of game and habitat, income distribution, with national numbers over laid. A lot of uneducated and some out right willfully dumb people are going to here regulated hunting is poaching.Maybe the same thing for Zimbabwe. There are good people doing good work in the face of a corrupt, croniee government. Let's show the cards how much gam /habitat/food/jobs are saved when Buzz Charlton's client shoots an elephant. I know how much that elephant cost but do not know how the money from a concessions elephant quota is allocated in region/ country.

Please go to Facebook and search for "The Conservation Imperative". On their site you will find number of fantastic short videos and articles making just that case on social media. There is one in particular that is on Nambia and the sustained use of it's renewable resources.

Same with the Dallas Safari Club page, lots of good videos and article content there as well.

If you want to propagate it, start your own page and share their articles with friends. Gets the message out...

I know many here recoil from Facebook but you don't change many minds if you are not on the front lines of where opinions are formed... and people don't all share the same mind set.

Facebook can be a cesspool at times, but, so can most blogs and forums!

Thankyou doing it now.

Another great page to share often from is "Let Africa Live"...

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Another great page to share often from is "Let Africa Live"...

+1 I always do!!!

I had lunch with Shaul Schwarz in Harare a couple of months ago, and one of the local operators who features in the film.

Overall, I got a good vibe. I watched "Narco Cultura" after I heard "Trophy" was in the works. Of course there's going to be stuff that both sides don't like but all in all I got a positive vibe and I think this will be pretty straightforward without a lot of hidden agendae.

I hope.