mexico,nature,butterfly,short film

Flight of the Butterflies (2012)

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It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south into central Mexico. The documentary film covers Dr Fred Urquhart's interest in monarch butterflies, with perspectives of Urquhart as a child wondering where the butterflies went, his years of research and study into their life and migration, to his time decades-later as a senior scientist looking back at his investigations and discoveries about the insect's life pattern.

Cast & Crew

Director
Mike Slee
  • Profile picture of Megan Follows
    Narrator Megan Follows
  • Profile picture of Gordon Pinsent
    Dr Fred Urquhart Gordon Pinsent
  • Profile picture of Shaun Benson
    Ken Brugger Shaun Benson
  • Profile picture of Sofía Sisniega
    Chloe Sofía Sisniega
  • Profile picture of Stephanie Sigman
    Catalina Aguado Stephanie Sigman
  • Profile picture of Jayden Greig
    Ice cream boy Jayden Greig

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Keywords

  • mexico
  • nature
  • butterfly
  • short film