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AMAZING GRACEd. Rowan Pybus, Zambia, 2013 26 JULY 14:00 BLUEAmazing Grace is a documentary film that follows the lives of conservation activists livingand working in Livingstone, Zambia, who are trying to curb the rampant deforestation inthe area. The film follows their heartfelt efforts to create micro nurseries, shift mindsets,approach government on their exorbitant electricity prices, and ignorant consumersbuying rare wood that add to the destruction of Zambia’s forests. This is an everymanstory that focuses on Lloyd, a charcoal burner turned tree planter who joins forces withlike-minded individuals from Zambia and South Africa on a journey of conservation in aspectacularly beautiful part of Southern Africa that is losing its forests at an alarming rate.English, 5 minBIDDER 70d. Beth Gage, George Gage, UnitedStates, 201227 JULY 11:30 BLUEJust before the Bush administration ended, a parting gift was offered to their pals inthe energy industry. On December 19, 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)auctioned off hundreds of thousands of pristine acres surrounding Utah’s treasurednational parks for oil and gas exploitation. Environmental groups protested politely, butone University of Utah student, Tim DeChristopher, entered the BLM auction, was offeredbidder’s paddle #70 and by the time he put his hand down, had won 22,000 acres ofglorious red-rock for 1.8 million dollars with no intention to pay or drill.English, 72 minBROKEN TAILd. John Murray, Colin Stafford-Johnson,25 JULY 12:30 BLUEIreland, 2011One of the world’s leading tiger cameramen, Colin Stafford-Johnson, travels through Indiapiecing together the extraordinary journey of Broken Tail – one of the planet’s most famouswild tigers. Broken Tail was the most charismatic tiger cub he’d ever seen in Ranthambhore,one of India’s premier wild tiger reserves. But then without warning, Broken Tail (now agedthree) disappeared. On a spectacular odyssey across Rajasthan, Colin travels by horsebackretracing Broken Tail’s last journey, exploring why he abandoned his home and above all,revealing important truths about India’s last wild tigers.English, 58 min34th Durban International Film Festival 93