Tigre Gente
Online World Premiere

Tigre Gente

Tribeca Online Premieres
Feature | United States | 86 MINUTES | Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Spanish | English subtitles
Women, Documentary, Environmental, Thriller

The Madidi National Park—located in Bolivia—is home to rich and treasured natural land: the most biodiverse in the whole planet. The Director of the Madidi Park, Marcos Uzquiano, is a determined ranger who deems his service to this kind of preservation work a “calling.” In particular, Marcos is resolute in tracking down the illicit jaguar trade that has been pervasive in Bolivia, and disrupting this unrelenting eradication of an entire species. As Marcos tries to infiltrate this clandestine network, Hong Kong journalist Laurel Chor doggedly investigates the selling of jaguar teeth in China and Myanmar—and connects the dots between the trade in China and the influence of Chinese business in South America.


With rigorous access and unfolding dramatic stakes, Elizabeth Unger’s Tigre Gente embeds the audience in the labyrinthine circuit of the global jaguar trade, and prompts us to follow Marcos and Laurel in their covert pursuit to protect jaguars. While Marcos delves deep into the network of poachers and hunters in Bolivia, Laurel comes across some revelations about her family’s past that pertain to the pervasiveness of the wildlife trade in China. Unger’s piercing exploration of this escalating issue makes for a compelling watch—as well as a thoughtful rumination on social responsibility and environmental protection. —Jose Rodriguez


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Elizabeth Unger

Elizabeth Unger is a National Geographic Explorer and filmmaker who has worked and traveled across all seven continents. She is a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee for her feature-length debut, Tigre Gente.

Director
Elizabeth Unger
Producer
Elizabeth Unger, Joanna Natasegara
Editor
Jill Schweitzer, Alistair Shurman
Executive Producer
Kate Brooks, Marjon Javadi, Violet Feng, Minah Worley

Contacts
International Sales Contact
Joanna Natasegara
Violet Films Ltd
London, SW6 2TD
Phone: +44 794 658 2641
joanna@violet-films.com
US Sales Contact
Joanna Natasegara
Violet Films Ltd
London, SW6 2TD
Phone: +44 794 658 2641
joanna@violet-films.com
Print Source
Elizabeth Unger
Wanderlust Productions
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: 410 336 3711
ewu5191@gmail.com
Press Contact
Kathryn Harvey
Tribeca Film Festival
New York, 10013 NY
Phone: 212 941 4000
kharvey@tribecafilm.com
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