South African columnist , Jani Allan wrote about the film for '' The Epoch Times '' , a Chinese-American founded newspaper . Allan wrote that “ '' Stroop '' may well be the game-changer that halts the extinction of rhino . ” The sentiment was echoed by Anton Crone writing in the '' Sunday Times '' that “ This is the most emotive documentary I have ever watched and I believe that Stroop ( Afrikaans for ' poach ' ) will alter the course of rhino conservation . ” The film was also awarded several festival awards , including the Green Tenacity Award by judges of the San Francisco Green Film Festival ahead of its premiere . The film was chosen to open the Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam in October 2018 . The film received a second sold-out screening following a feature on '' EenVandaag '' , a current affairs programme on the Dutch public broadcaster . It also won the festival 's Flamingo Award with the jury concluding that “ This is an impressive and shocking film . The Jury believes the filmmakers , guided by the great main character Bonné de Bod , have managed to show us the immense complexity of the problem of rhino poaching.This body of work is a very powerful and emotional call to action . ” The film which was screened on prime time television in Hong Kong , was also screened by the Hong Kong judiciary as part of an enforcement workshop . The workshop was attended by legislators , academics from Hong Kong universities , government forensic teams , criminal justice specialists and representatives from Hong Kong ’s department of justice , as well as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime , the Queen ’s Counsel from London and Hong Kong ’s under secretary for the environment
San Francisco Green Film Festival
San Francisco Green Film Festival
Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War