The Trees with Orange Rings (2022)
This story about great owls and the threat of nearby logging aims to inspire others to get outside, find the issues worth talking about and make their voices heard.
장르 : 다큐멘터리
상영시간 : 14분
연출 : Kyle Dudgeon
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Conservationist photographer and filmmaker Kyle Dudgeon, with the help of wildlife biologist Steve Hoffman, follows a family of great gray owls in the Bridger Mountains of Montana whose habitat is threatened by a logging project. The first feature film of this longtime bird photographer, The Trees with Orange Rings is a passionate documentary short profiling the natural history of these owls and confronting important environmental issues over the span of two years.
임기 말년의 홀아비 대통령 앤드류(마이클 더글라스)는 재선을 앞두고 유권자의 표를 얻기 위해 동분서주한다. 꼬투리 하나라도 잡히지 않으려는 그는 환경 단체에서 보낸 로비스트 시드니(아네트 베닝)를 만나고 한 눈에 반한다. 대통령의 위치를 떠나 한 남자로서 그녀에게 구애를 하고 주위 보좌관들의 만류에도 불구하고 우여곡절 끝에 시드니를 초대한다. 언론에서는 대통령에게 새 여자가 생겼다고 대서특필하고 상대 후보는 시드니의 과거 경력을 들먹이며 앤드류를 몰아세운다. 그러나 그러나 앤드류는 많은 사람들의 비난과 반대에도 불구하고 시드니의 사랑을 얻는데 성공한다.
행크는 아프리카 고원에서 동물을 연구하여 동물과 같이 살아간다. 공항으로 마중나가려던 행크는 마침 아프리카 당국의 밀림 사육 관리들이 찾아와 동물들을 보호 구역으로 내쫓으라고 하자 이에 항의하다가 가족들의 도착 시간을 놓친다. 가족들은 온갖 고생끝에 지친 몸으로 행크의 짐을 찾아오나 그는 보이지 않고 수십마리의 사자와 호랑이들이 그들을 맞이한다. 집안에서 동물들에게 쫓기는 가운데 밤이 깊어 가족들은 창고에 쓰러져 잠이 든다. 이윽고 허겁지겁 집에 돌아온 행크는 가족과 반가운 재회를 한다.
목수들이 트럭을 몰고 나무를 베러간다. 환경 보호단체는 그것을 막으려고 시위를 라고 결국 트럭은 시위대를 뚫고 숲속에 들어가고 나무를 베기 시작한다. 그러나 어떤 일꾼이 나무를 베는 순간 실수로 자기 팔 옆 부분을 베어 나무의 수액이 몸에 들어간다. 그러자 갑자기 그는 좀비로 변해버리고 숲은 완전히 좀비의 숲으로 되어 버린다. 그 사실을 아직 사업장 고용주들은 모르고 사업가는 환경단체와 협의하기 위하여 거부하는 자신의 아들(타일러)를 그 숲에 보낸다. 그러나 이미 숲은 좀비의 천지로 유혈이 낭자함에 공포감으로 물들게 된다. 이미 숲은 살육과 잔인함이 가득한 죽음의 숲으로 변해 버렸고,뒤늦게 새로운 나무 수액을 발견하여 실험을 하던 과학자들이 좀비로 변해 버리게 되고...
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