Darwin's Nightmare

Right now, the festival-du-jour in Wellington is The World Cinema Showcase. Yesterday afternoon I went to the first of a hopeful few films that is being showcased as part of the festival: Darwin's Nightmare (click here for the film's website), which was made in 2004. It's a startling and stark documentary that takes place in Lake Victoria, in the heart of Africa. I can't possibly give a synopsis that adequately describes the situation there, but I highly recommend the film. If nothing else, you leave feeling once again that there is so much going on in the world that is beyond our consciousness.