Milking the Rhino - A Film by David E. Simpson

Screening of Director's Cut / Panel Discussion

Monday, November 16, 2009

7:00pm, McConomy Auditorium

".... Quite apart from being directly involved with the documentary, I truly believe it's going to be a classic in the field of conservation. Many books and scholarly papers have been written about community-based conservation (CBC), but Milking the Rhino is the first film about CBC. My concept from the beginning has been to create a platform where Africans are educators on the world stage. I believe this goal has been met in the film."   --Jeannie R. Magill, Originator and Co-producer

Milking the Rhino examines the deepening  conflict between humans and animals in an ever-shrinking world. It is the first major documentary to explore wildlife conservation from the  perspective of people who live with wild animals. Shot in some of the world's most magnificent locales, Rhino offers complex, intimate portraits of rural Africans at the forefront of community-based conservation: a revolution that is turning poachers into preservationists and local people into the stewards of their land.

Please join us following the film screening for a special panel discussion...

INCENTIVIZING COMMUNITY CONSERVATION

with Panel Guests:

JEANNIE MAGILL, Film Originator and Co-Producer, Rhino Conservation in Kenya and Namibia;
TODD KATZNER, National Aviary, Training Conservation Practitioners in Central Asia;
PRATIBHA SINGH, CMU student, Rhino Conservation in India, Kanpur Zoo; and
YONG-GYUN CHOI, CMU student, Agricultural Conservation in Panama, Panama Brigade

Moderated by CECILIA WANDIGA, Social Entrepreneur, CMU Alumna

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