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- Horn Maker follows this innovator as he travels across Africa and Southeast Asia, navigating through the complex waters of international policy, NGO politics, and criminal syndicate organizations.
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Matthew Markus, an innovator from the tech world, proposes a daring plan: use 3D printing technology to create bio-identical rhino horns to sabotage, saturate, and collapse the illegal trade by exploiting its inherent greed from within.
Horn Maker: Directed by Juliette Marquis. Venturing into the shadowy world of rhino horn trafficking, a filmmaker embarks on a decade-long journey across three continents, plunging into a complex maze of bewildering bureaucracy, clashing ideologies, and revolutionary biotechnology.
- Juliette Marquis
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- Documentary
- Marco Gianstefani, Juliette Marquis
The third-largest illegal trade in the world, animal body parts are sold for up to $100,000 per kilo. International regulation agencies, alongside the NGO conservation machine, spend billions of dollars to stem the flow, without a long-term solution in sight.
An American bio-engineer races against time to prevent the extinction of rhinos in Africa, who are being poached for their horns, by genetically cloning a perfect horn in order to collapse its value on the black market.
- How Did You Get Involved in Horn Building?
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- What Makes For A Great Horn?
This is probably the most asked question I receive. The simple answer is, by apprenticing with a known horn builder and learning the trade through a “hands-on” approach. Although that is the direction I took later in life, my actual curiosity for instrument building and repair began much earlier. Bruce and I were lucky to attend a school together w...
Although I never met the man, Carl Geyer and his instruments have inspired me along the way. I have had the privilege of owning two Geyer horns during my lifetime. The first was made for David Krehbiel around 1959. I later sold this horn back to Mr. Krehbiel 40 years after it was made for him for a “circle of life moment” for the horn. The second h...
I play on the very first horn that I made! I use it for every gig and it is a very good horn for me. Although the horn plays very well, I would not use it as a “show horn” because of the changes I have made to the newer horns. Now, does #18 play as well as #1 even with all of the changes made? Yes! I think if you played any of my horns you would se...
There are many fine custom horn builders with each making an instrument that expresses the qualities they see as important to a great horn. If you are seeking out a new custom horn, I invite you to talk to various horn makers and the players performing on their instruments. Find out the likes and dislikes from these players, but keep in mind that j...
Diving into the labyrinth of rhino horn trafficking, a filmmaker embarks on a decade-long journey to discover that tangled within the web of bureaucracy and ...
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All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. Venturing into the shadowy world of rhino horn trafficking, a...
