Land of the Free: OUT OF THE
SHADOWS
Director James Ganiere
Australia | 2022 | 40:00 min.
This film, which was shown as a rough cut to an invitation only
audience of Ministers and lawmakers in London’s House of Commons in
June 2022, has been instrumental in a historic victory (March 17, 2023)
when the Bill to ban the imports of trophy hunting passed its third and
final reading in London's House of Commons UNANIMOUSLY. This is an
enormous triumph and a huge step towards ending the heinous and
despicable LEGAL industry of trophy hunting endangered species –
FOREVER! Next step - the House of Lords before it hopefully becomes
cemented in law, making Britain the country with the strongest laws on
protecting endangered species in the world. That is the power of film!
Shot in Uganda, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, London,
Washington DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Australia, both overtly and
covertly, “Land of the Free: OUT OF THE SHADOWS” goes where no film has
ever dared to go before to expose the full depth of subversion and the
nefarious disinformation campaigns systematically perpetrated by the
trophy hunting industry.
Featuring icons, legends and real life superheroes including her late
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (by special license from the Parliamentary
Recording Unit UK), Priscilla Presley, Tippi Hedren, His Excellency the
former President of Botswana Lt Gen Seretse Ian Khama, Dame Dr Jane
Goodall, Dame Virginia McKenna star of the immortal classic “Born
Free”, 2019 Albert Schweitzer Award recipient John Thompson from
Washington DC, BAFTA winning actor Peter Egan, Sir Roger Gale MP (UK),
those indigenous peoples on the ground where trophy hunting is
occurring and many others.
20 years in the making.
Directed by Emmy nominated director James Ganiere.
Musical score by Grammy nominated composer Mauritz Lotz.
Sound design by Oscar winner Nigel Christensen.
Original songs by the inspirational Mzansi Youth Choir of Soweto, a
choir comprised of children plucked from the slums of Soweto who often
had no parents, no inside toilet facilities and frequently had no food
to eat but they had the God given gift of music. They have gone on to
receive standing ovations in the Royal Albert Hall London and have
performed with superstars as diverse as Andrea Bocelli to Beyoncé.
Title track from Richard Loring’s international stage sensation
“African Footprint”. This show premiered on Robbin Island with Nelson
Mandela on Millennium Eve to a global television audience of 1.5
billion people.
Together, this determined and courageous team shares a passion to ban
the LEGAL slaughter of endangered species for nothing more than
gratuitous pride, pleasure and profit. Together their aim is to switch
the species on the endangered list to… the trophy hunter.