One lucky elephant /
One Lucky Elephant begins with circus producer David Balding's realization that Flora, the orphaned African elephant he adopted and made the star of his circus, is tired of performing. What unfolds is a nine-year odyssey to find Flora a good home. Caught between the human and animal world, Flor...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Sausalito, California :
Ro*co Films Educational,
2010.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | One Lucky Elephant begins with circus producer David Balding's realization that Flora, the orphaned African elephant he adopted and made the star of his circus, is tired of performing. What unfolds is a nine-year odyssey to find Flora a good home. Caught between the human and animal world, Flora epitomizes the harsh reality elephants face in our expanding man-made world. One thing is certain, after watching this film, you'll never look at an elephant in a zoo or a circus in the same way again. |
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| Item Description: | "A ten-thousand pound love story"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (81 min.)) |
| Playing Time: | 01:21:08 |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Awards: | Nominated 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature Nominated 2011 Satellite Awards, Best Motion Picture, Documentary Won 2010 Woodstock Film Festival, Best Editing |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography by Sandra Chandler ; edited by Kate Amend, Tchavdar Georgiev ; original score by Miriam Cutler. |