The following post was written by Woodlore’s founder, Ray Mears. You can now watch Virunga online, via Netflix.

This week I was privileged to attend the London premiere of a new feature-length documentary. Surrounded by a packed house, the Curzon cinema on the Kings Road was the venue for what can best be described as a phenomenon. I sat enthralled as the audience around me laughed, gasped and cried; two ladies beside me were so moved that they sobbed uncontrollably in floods of tears. At the end of the screening the titles rolled to cheers and rapturous applause. The film is Virunga.

“It is a true story; a story happening now; a story that all who care about nature should take an interest in. I urge you to watch it.”

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