DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE
Hubert Sauper

TITLE

DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE

DIRECTOR

Hubert Sauper

PRODUCER

Mille et Une Productions

STATUS

Completed

NATIONALITY

Austria, France, Belgium

YEAR

2004

LANGUAGE

English

LENGTH

107'

ORIGINAL TITLE

Darwin's Nightmare

GENRE

Documentary

CAST

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SYNOPSIS

A tale about humans between the North and South, about globalization, and about fish. In Africa in the 1960s, the Nile Perch was introduced into Lake Victoria. Consequently, it eliminated almost the entire stock of the native fish species. The voracious predator multiplied fast, its white fillets are exported all around the world. Huge cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch in exchange for their cargo of ammunitions for the uncounted wars in the dark centre of the continent. This booming multinational industry of food and weapons has created an ungodly globalized alliance on the shores of the worldメs biggest tropical lake.

FESTIVALS

Venice Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival San Sebastian International Film Festival European Film Awards Academy Awards Best Documentary Nominee Vienna International Film Festival C�sar Awards, France Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival Paris Environmental Festival Copenhagen Docs Best Filmc

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