Land of the Free: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

The world premiere of "Land of the Free: Out of the Shadows" took place to an invitation only audience of Ministers and lawmakers in London’s House of Commons in June 2022. It has since 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 but the battle to get this Bill on the statue books is far from over.

The Prohibition Bill progressed to the House of Lords were it was filibustered out November 2023 when vested interests in the trophy hunting industry tabled SIXTY-FOUR amendments to the Bill to be read INDIVIDUALLY in the three hours allotted. There was only time for five, all of which were either voted down or withdrawn. This meant back to square one in the House of Commons in 2024 and so it continues. PLEASE PLEASE WATCH THIS FILM and LOBBY THE MPs and LORDS in the UK, detailing all the shocking truths you'll learn about in this film. You can contact the Lords here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-in-the-house-of-lords/get-in-touch-with-members/

Shot both overtly and covertly in Uganda, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South Africa, London, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Australia “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. And they have been the historic winners of the first ever Golden Buzzer award for a group on America's Got Talent.

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 torture and slaughter of sentient, sensitive, 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.