Last Days (2014 film)

Last Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Produced by Megan Ellison
Written by Scott Z. Burns
Edited by James Ryan
Mike Andres
Release date
  • September 27, 2014 (2014-09-27) (New York Film Festival)
Running time
 3 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Last Days is a 2014 animated short documentary film about the decline of African elephant populations and the illegal ivory trade. It was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, whose other films include The Hurt Locker (2009),[1] Point Break (1991), and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Featured in the film is footage of the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya, which has been attributed to the militant organization Al-Shabaab. The film advances the claim that terrorist networks derive much of their income from poached ivory.[2]

These claims, which were similar to ones made by several public officials including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, were based on a 2013 report by the environmental nonprofit Elephant Action League (EAL).[2] However, a report published jointly by Interpol and the United Nations Environment Programme described EAL's findings as "highly unreliable".[2][3] According to the report, Al-Shabaab's primary income comes from the trade in charcoal, a significant source of deforestation.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Foundas, Scott (28 September 2014). "Kathryn Bigelow Decries 'Last Days' of the African Elephant". Variety. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 McConnell, Tristan (14 November 2014). "Illegal ivory may not be funding African terror group". USA Today; GlobalPost.
  3. 1 2 Nellemann, Christian; et al., eds. (2014). The Environmental Crime Crisis: Threats to Sustainable Development From Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. Nairobi, Kenya; Arendal, Norway: United Nations Environment Programme; GRID-Arendal. pp. 78–81. ISBN 978-82-7701-132-5.

Further reading

  • Maguire, Tom; Haenlein, Cathy (21 September 2015). "An Illusion of Complicity: Terrorism and the Illegal Ivory Trade in East Africa". London, UK: Royal United Services Institute.
  • Mcconnell, Tristan (29 October 2015). "The Ivory-Funded Terrorism Myth". The New York Times.
  • Veríssimo, Diogo (16 January 2015). "Kathryn Bigelow and the bogus link between ivory and terrorism". The Conversation.
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