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The Burning Season (2008)
Directed by Cathy Henkel
“Can carbon-trading save the Indonesian rainforests?”
Documentary · 1h 29m
Dorjee Sun, a young Australian Entrepreneur, believes there's money to be made from protecting rainforests in Indonesia, saving the orangutan from extinction and making a real impact on climate change. Armed with a laptop and a backpack, he sets out across the globe to find investors in his carbon trading scheme. It is a battle against time. Achmadi, the palm oil farmer is ready to set fire to his land to plant more palm oil, and Lone's orangutan centre has reached crisis point with over 600 orangutans rescued from the fires. The Burning Season is an eco-thriller about a young man not afraid to confront the biggest challenge of our time.
Cast
Juliet Stevenson
Hugh Jackman
Crew
- Director
- Cathy Henkel
- Producer
- Jeff Canin
Details
- Release date
- 2008-08-02
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Arabic