{"id":3721,"date":"2024-07-28T20:09:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&#038;-environmental-film-festival\/?page_id=3721"},"modified":"2024-07-28T20:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:09:29","slug":"the-elephants-and-the-grass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/international-migration-&-environmental-film-festival\/the-elephants-and-the-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elephants and the Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directed by<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p> Beau Rosario, Brandon Gulish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country of Origin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runtime<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>01:40:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Category<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/submissions\/26126709#ff_javascript\"><\/a>Documentary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With only each other to depend on, 14-year-old Shamira and her mother flee tribal genocide. While they fight to escape South Sudan\u2019s violent civil war, experts and defectors challenge those in power. Global pressure mounts as these profiteers of war claim to seek peace. With unprecedented access, the film examines how politicians weaponize people&#8217;s trauma to pillage nations. Considered the most corrupt place on earth, can the world\u2019s newest country overcome these issues and finally find peace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Biography &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Beau Rosario, Brandon Gulish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/imefilmfest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Beau-Rosario-Brandon-Gulish.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3722\" style=\"width:397px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beau Rosario and Brandon Gulish are the Co-Directors of The Elephants and the Grass. 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