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Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story
Documentary
Elephant rescues in Thailand are rare, unpredictable and often life threatening. After waiting 2.5 years, actor/director Ashley Bell and a team of elephant rescuers led by world renowned Asian elephant conservationist and TIME Magazine's Hero of Asia, Lek Chailert, embark on a daring mission 480 miles across Thailand to rescue Noi Na, a 70-year old partially blind trekking elephant and bring her to freedom.African elephants are slaughtered for their ivory, but sadly the plight of the Asian Elephant has been completely overlooked even though they are the elephant we are most familiar with in zoos, circuses and elephant rides. L&B exposes the cruel secret that every Asian elephant has had to endure to become a service animal; a process knows as Pajan, aka The Crush Box. LOVE & BANANAS aims to ignite a new way of thinking about this species and shows what can be done to prevent the extinction of Asian elephants.
Rating
NR
Director
Ashley Bell
Studio
Abramorama
Writer
Ashley Bell, John Michael McCarthy, Fernanda Rossi
- This documentary is so riveting. I had no idea that elephants are all trained in such a horrific manner. The best part is that this movie gives you hope, that the tide is turning. I saw this is Washington DC and it educated me in a profound way. I will never look at an elephant the same way. Thank you to all involvedReply
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- As heartbreaking as the elephants' shocking situation is, it is equally heartwarming to watch the joy of the compassionate humans and of the animals as they learn they're free and thrive.Reply