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Trade Secret director/producer Abraham Joffe will participate in a Q&A after the 7:10 p.m. show on Wednesday, 10/08 at the Monica Film Center. Moderator TBD.
Trade Secret
Trade Secret
Feature Documentary
Trade Secret follows three unlikely allies on a mission to protect polar bears from international commercial trade. Filmed over six years across nine countries, the film exposes the sanctioned sale of hundreds of polar bears each year on the global market. But as the investigation deepens, it uncovers a disturbing truth: those entrusted with safeguarding the species may be entangled in their continued commercialization. The film raises urgent questions about how we protect vulnerable species in a world where the lines between protection and exploitation have become blurred.
"a superbly crafted work - powerful, urgent, and deeply moving. The storytelling is razor-sharp, the cinematography both beautiful and harrowing" - Wolfgang Knöpfler
Producer of the Oscar-shortlisted “The Ivory Game” and “Sea of Shadows”
"A breathtaking masterpiece and an unflinching exposé" -
Kartiki Gonsalves - Oscar winning director of "The Elephant Whisperers"
Trade Secret follows three unlikely allies on a mission to protect polar bears from international commercial trade. Filmed over six years across nine countries, the film exposes the sanctioned sale of hundreds of polar bears each year on the global market. But as the investigation deepens, it uncovers a disturbing truth: those entrusted with safeguarding the species may be entangled in their continued commercialization. The film raises urgent questions about how we protect vulnerable species in a world where the lines between protection and exploitation have become blurred.
"a superbly crafted work - powerful, urgent, and deeply moving. The storytelling is razor-sharp, the cinematography both beautiful and harrowing" - Wolfgang Knöpfler
Producer of the Oscar-shortlisted “The Ivory Game” and “Sea of Shadows”
"A breathtaking masterpiece and an unflinching exposé" -
Kartiki Gonsalves - Oscar winning director of "The Elephant Whisperers"
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Runtime
98
Language
English
Director
Abraham Joffe ACS,
Abraham Joffe ACS
Producer
Adam McKay,
Abraham Joffe,
Dom West,
Louis Cooper Robinson
Cast
Ole J Liodden,
Adam Cruise,
Iris Ho