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The Great Blue Heron
197944 min 7 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jean-Louis Frund
Production: Jacques Bobet
Script: Henri Ouellet
This film documents the yearly cycle of the great blue heron, its migration from Central America and the West Indies to the St. Lawrence River in Québec, and the breeding and rearing of its young. Outstanding footage shot by the filmmaker perched high in a tree affords close-ups of the birds' intricate courtship rituals. A sensitive, beautifully photographed nature film with much to tell us of ecology and wildlife.
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Subject categories
- Animals > Aquatic AnimalsBirds
Credits
- director
- Jean-Louis Frund
- producer
- Jacques Bobet
- commentary
- Henri Ouellet
- photography
- Martin Leclerc
- editing
- Pascale Laverriere
- sound editing
- Victor Merrill
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Adrian Croll
- narrator
- Mark Walker
Awards
- Golden Sheaf Award for the Best CinematographyYorkton Film Festival
- Certificate of Excellence - Category: Films on NatureAudubon International Environmental Film Festival
- Second PrizeInternational Scientific Film Festival