Name: Watch Trailer for AKASHINGA: THE BRAVE ONES, National Geographic Documentary Produced by James Cameron
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Watch Trailer for AKASHINGA: THE BRAVE ONES, National Geographic Documentary Produced by James Cameron

Documentary, EarthxFilm, Short Films, Tribeca Film Festival

Akashinga: The Brave Ones

Ahead of Earth Day, National Geographic Documentary Films announced a new documentary short, Akashinga: The Brave Ones. Executive produced by three-time Academy Award winner James Cameron and directed by Maria Wilhelm, executive director of the Avatar Alliance Foundation, the film tells the story of Akashinga, the all-female anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe that is facing down poachers and saving wildlife. Akashinga: The Brave Ones will have its world premiere at the EarthxFilm Festival, which will be held virtually April 22 to 27 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The documentary short is also an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival and will broadcast on National Geographic later this year in 171 countries and 43 languages.

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Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival Critics Week (Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes), Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)

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EarthxFilm

FIRE ON THE HILL: THE COWBOYS OF SOUTH CENTRAL L.A.

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Independent Film

Braking For Whales

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Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival

499 directed by Rodrigo Reyes

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Oxford Film Festival

A Dim Valley by Brandon Colvin

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Independent Film

Felicity Huffman and Anastasia Phillips in TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING

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Documentary, Miami Film Festival

They Call Me Dr. Miami

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Foreign Language Films

Our Mothers (Nuestras madres)

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Documentary

CIRCUS OF BOOKS directed by Rachel Mason

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Documentary

Kubrick by Kubrick

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Horror + Scifi, People

Dieter Laser in The Human Centipede

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