{"id":764598,"date":"2021-08-21T08:36:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T12:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=764598"},"modified":"2021-08-21T08:42:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T12:42:46","slug":"eyes-of-the-orangutan-a-new-and-powerful-documentary-about-animals-trapped-by-tourism-watch-free-online-premier-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=764598","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Eyes of the Orangutan&#8217;: A powerful documentary about animals trapped by tourism; watch free online premier event"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>A captivating exploration of one of the most troubling facets of modern wildlife tourism, and an uplifting celebration of one of our closest living relatives: the orangutan.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THE TIMES<\/strong>: From the studio that brought you &#8216;Ivory Game&#8217; and &#8216;Sea of Shadows&#8217; comes a new and powerful film: &#8216;Eyes of the Orangutan&#8217;&#8230; It documents the environmental photojournalist Aaron Gekoski\u2019s four-year investigation of how these animals are exploited in southeast Asia&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/eyes-of-the-orangutan-the-animals-trapped-by-tourism-djknv5gsq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EVENTBRITE<\/strong>: A captivating exploration of one of the most troubling facets of modern wildlife tourism, and an uplifting celebration of one of our closest living relatives: the orangutan. Wildlife tourism has become a lucrative business and is now worth around 250 billion US dollars a year. These profits come at a cost &#8211; and it is the animals who pay the ultimate price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Join us for an exclusive <strong>FREE<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/eyes-of-the-orangutan-online-premiere-tickets-167005496937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online premiere event<\/strong><\/a> (August 22, 2021 @5:00 AM EDT) and meet Aaron Gekoski, an award-winning environmental photojournalist. Together with director Chris Scarffe and cinematographer Will Foster-Grundy, Gekoski embarked on a four-year investigation of the orangutan tourism industry-visiting and documenting its cruel truths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shannon Elizabeth, actress, long-time conservationist, and founder of the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation. Shannon has a deep and abiding respect for all life and is a staunch protagonist of a vegan lifestyle. Co-host, Simon Borchert, is the Chief Executive at the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation. He is a business strategist with an insatiable desire for outdoor adventure and a deep passion for protecting Africa\u2019s wildlife and wild places. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/eyes-of-the-orangutan-online-premiere-tickets-167005496937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4XX8BCCK4I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ubIOxP_EOZk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE TIMES: From the studio that brought you &#8216;Ivory Game&#8217; and &#8216;Sea of Shadows&#8217; comes a new and powerful film: &#8216;Eyes of the Orangutan&#8217;&#8230; It documents the environmental photojournalist Aaron Gekoski\u2019s four-year investigation of how these animals are exploited in southeast Asia&#8230; SOURCE&#8230; EVENTBRITE: A captivating exploration of one of the most troubling facets of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":764599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,18,20,23,25],"tags":[27,28,30,32,35,37],"class_list":["post-764598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-ethics","category-justice","category-rights","category-welfare","tag-cruelty","tag-entertainment","tag-exploitation","tag-free-living","tag-protection","tag-speciesism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=764598"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764601,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764598\/revisions\/764601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/764599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=764598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=764598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=764598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}