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The Fish & The Flame

FILM REVIEW
International Nature and Environment Film Review
SECTION
Short film category
 
SPOT: 2022.05.28. 12:37
Jane Goodall terem
   
Year of production: 2021
 
Country of origin: Egyesült Államok
 
Country(ies) of filming: United States
 
Duration: 14:2 perc
 
Language:
 
Director: David Hutchinson
 
Producer: Nathan Dappen, Page Buono
 
Distributor:
 
English synopsis: When a supposedly extinct fish resurfaces in the path of oncoming wildfire, a Colorado biologist braves the flames on a daring rescue mission.
 
English biography: This film documents Jim White, an aquatic biologist for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and his collaboration with a reclusive ranch manager, Tim Haarmann, to save an obscure fish from muddy asphyxiation and genetic roadblock (imagine the Habsburgs, but with gills). We answer such pressing questions as: how do you rescue fish from a burn area? Once rescued, what happens next? This is a story about a passionate biologist risking his neck for a species most people have never heard of. It’s also a light-hearted look at watersheds, and how both public agencies and private landowners can work together to protect landscapes from the cascading effects of development and climate change.