Virunga (film)

Virunga
Virunga
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Orlando von Einsiedel
Written by	Orlando von Einsiedel
Produced by	Orlando von Einsiedel; Joanna Natasegara;
Cinematography	Franklin Dow
Edited by	Katie Bryer; Masahiro Hirakubo; Miikka Leskinen; Peta Ridley;
Music by	Patrick Jonsson
Production; companies	The Bertha Foundation; Britdoc Foundation; Grain Media; Violet Films; Appian Way Productions;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	17 April 2014 (Tribeca);
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Congo;
Languages	English ; French

Virunga is a 2014 British documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel. It focuses on the conservation work of park rangers within the Congo's Virunga National Park during the rise of the violent M23 Rebellion in 2012 and investigates the activity of the British oil company Soco International within the UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[1] Soco International ended up officially exploring oil opportunities in Virunga in April 2014.^[2] The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 17 April 2014. After airing on Netflix, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

^ "Virunga National Park". World Heritage List. UNESCO. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ Reuters Staff (23 April 2014). "Oil firm Soco to begin seismic testing in Congo's Virunga park". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2014. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)