by Nature
A documentary
film crew travels to the South Kamchatka
Sanctuary to capture the unique brown bear
cohabitation work of Canadian naturalist
Charlie Russell. Russell's acute
awareness of bear behavior and truly remarkable
ability to gain bears' trust is captured
on film in his meetings with a variety of
bears - from cubs to large, predator males.
The pair's travels around the South Kamchatka
Sanctuary provide beautiful shots of the
landscape - the best footage available for
this part of Kamchatka.
This is the most intimate and personable
film about man's interaction with wild bears
that you are likely to find anywhere.
In this documentary, bears are not simply
filmed from afar with a telephoto lens or
from a viewing platform. Rather, under
Charlie's guidance, the film crew is able
to capture how humans can actually cohabitate
with bears in an environment of mutual respect.
This is a double feature film; the second
production, titled "Bears", is
shot in Alaska and follows a more traditional
wildlife documentary style.
From the Producer
Who says that,
given the chance, a ten-feet-tall, 1500-pound
grizzly bear would tear you limb from limb?
Certainly not naturalists Charlie Russell
and Maureen Enns. They contend that
this growling predator is an intelligent
social animal that isn't instinctively hostile
to human beings. To prove their point,
they go to Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula
to live with a bunch of grizzlies that have
never been with people before. Unexpectedly,
they become foster parents to three orphaned
cubs, hoping to fatten them up and teach
them the skills they'll need to survive
this bear-bite-bear world. Meanwhile,
the couple test their own survival skills
when they finally come face-to-face with
full-grown grizzlies in the isolation of
the wild. What happens next will thrill
and surprise you, as this remarkable program
walks where no other nature show has gone
before.
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Regions Covered
- South Kamchatka Sanctuary
- Kurilskoye Lake
- Kambalnoye Lake
- Cape Lopatka
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