La Lune des braconniers

“Poachers’ moon” is the name given to the period of full moon in the South African bush. The night reveals the relations between humans and humans, humans and animals in this famous “wildlife management” set up by the big landowners. It is during these few days around the full moon that the bush is best lit at night: a time of intense predation, but also of poaching and therefore of surveillance in conservation parks. In this film, we go in and out of the night to explore the relationships between humans and animals in southern Africa today, in order to question the realities covered by the imperative of conservation and wildlife management.