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	A Guide to Brown Bear Country with Dr. Larry Van Daele 22 + 27 minutes “Many people feel that bears are unpredictable. Well, I think that bears feel the same way about us, that we’re unpredictable.” Dr. Larry Van Daele, wildlife biologist with Alaska Fish and Game, has been studying Brown Bears for over 25 years. In this film series he shares with us his expertise and experience of living with and around Brown Bears. View Trailer

	Deadly Passion The Tragedy in Katmai 34 minutes The Timothy Treadwell Tragedy is a documentary film by Alaskan filmmakers Stefan Quinth and David Kaplan centering on the fatal bear mauling of bear activist Timothy Treadwell and his companion that occurred in October 2003 in Katmai National Park, Alaska. The incident has attracted unprecedented media attention, including news and magazine features, books, and film productions. The details of the story are a source of ongoing controversy, and spans issues of bear-human relations that are far greater than the incident itself. DEADLY PASSION is a film that examines this tragic event within this context. View Trailer

	Man and Bear 52 minutes Our relationship with the brown bear is an ambiguous one. Ranchers hate them, hunters covet them, they fascinate researchers, and some grassroots activists have mistakenly considered them to be living teddy bears, gentle and harmless. Legends, movies and television have depicted the bear as everything from a cuddly toy to a raging monster. How dangerous are they? Is it possible for humans and bears to co-exist in the same area? If so, what can be done to cut down on the potential conflict that arises when humans invade bear country? Today we know more about bears and their behavior. We know that the bear is not our brother, neither is it our enemy. But will we use our newfound knowledge to save this magnificent animal? View Trailer

	Kodiak - The Island of the Great Bear A nature documentary by Stefan Quinth. Length 50 min. This unique wildlife documentary brings you to one of the most remote places on earth to meet the Kodiak Bear, (Ursus Arctos Middendorffi),the world's largest land predator. Alaska's Kodiak islands, located in the North Pacific Ocean, are home to this noble creature. High mountains and valleys of thick brush have protected Kodiak's wildlife for centuries, and the isolated location has kept the progress of civilization at a distance. This magnificent nature documentary takes you to the heart of the bear country, to the breathtaking beauty of the Kodiak Islands. View Trailer

	Aleutian Steaming to Disaster Length 28 min. In a remote fjord off the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, the palatial steamship ”Aleutian” met her fate when she collided with a hidden pinnacle rock in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 26th 1929. Seventy-three years after the accident, a small group of scuba divers launched a self-funded expedition to locate the lost passenger liner. All earlier attempts to find the sunken ship in the deep waters of the fjord had failed. View Trailer

	Kodiak Salmon Summer Staring The Francisco Family, 25 minutes Every Summer for the past 25 years the Francisco family has left their home in Kodiak, Alaska and flown out to their fish camp at Uyak bay to spend four months gillnetting for salmon. The Salmon Industry is the major industry on Kodiak Island and the Francisco’s fish for one of the local canneries. They share with us, in their own words, what life is like in this remote area of the world, separated from friends, school, stores and doctors. Living in unity with nature and contending with wildlife such as the great Kodiak bear. Long, hard days of fishing are followed by cozy evenings in the cabin fellowshipping with family. Join Leon and Judy, their children and grandchildren in what Leon calls “the real world”. View Trailer

	The Quest for Kodiaks Forest Giants 20 Minutes “The only purpose to tag an animal is if you can get something out of it that will give you information to help the animal or to help the entire population.” - Larry Van Daele, Wildlife Biologist We follow the research team on an exciting adventure to catch and tag Kodiak’s giant bear and the beautiful elk. Information from this unique project will give researchers further knowledge of our relationship with these beautiful animals. This research project is a cooperative effort between the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, and the Afognak Native Corporation. View Trailer

	The Colorado River Stolen Treasure 52 minutes From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado river twists and turns, passing through five states and Mexico, before spilling into the Pacific Ocean. A spectacular labyrinth of gorges and canyons have been cut into the landscape by the river and it’s tributaries. The longest and most magnificent of these is, of course, the Grand Canyon. On Friday, August 13, 1869, John Wesley Powell, preparing for his entrance into the canyon, wrote in his diary, “And what a world of grandeur is spread before us! Below is the canyon through which the Colorado runs. We are ready to start our way down the great unknown..” Today we know what lies behind every turn, but the journey down the river is still awesomely thrilling. View Trailer

	The Falun - Röros Expedition A Historic Journey with Horse and Sled 49 minutes For over a thousand years they trudged through the winter landscape, steam rising off the horses broad backs, fur clad men urging them on as they pulled the heavily loaded sleds along the winter trail. Like today's truck drivers hauling goods across the country, these trail drivers transported goods from Dalarna in Sweden, via the mountain market town, Röros, to the ice free port of Trondheim, Norway and back again. There were no roads, no railways, but the one-horse drawn sleds that glided through the snowy woods and across the frozen lakes could carry the valuable but heavy loads of iron and iron goods to Trondheim and from there out into the world. On February 2, 2003, 30 men and women, from the Dalarna Femund Forkörarförening (The Trail Drivers Club) left the city of Falun in Sweden, with 17 horses pulling old-style sleds, and drove out into the forest. Eighteen cold, foggy days later a group of tired but happy trail drivers arrived at the historic market in Röros, Norway, welcomed by thousands of happy market goers. Join us on the ancient trail and experience the beauty of the Scandinavian countryside, the camaraderie and laughter along the way, and the music of the Dalarna Femund Trail Driver Players. Narration: English Subtitles: English View Trailer

	My Grandfather was a Tribal Chief Triumphant Love 45 minutes Love is a powerful tool, not just in creating contacts across boundaries but also for breaking through the shackles of oppression and racism. For PK, love has changed his life. Born as an untouchable in India, his life was transformed when he met his wife, Lotta, from Sweden. Today he teaches middle school art and is the cultural ambassador of Orissa in Sweden. Returning to India he is given a hero’s welcome by all from the Brahmin priest to the casteless beggar. His passion for people of all cultures shows in the compassion he shows the prostitutes of Orissa, his project to dig wells that can be used by all regardless of caste, and in the way he interacts with his students in Sweden. Narration: English Subtitles: English View Trailer

	The Snake People A documentary by Stefan Quinth. Length 29 min. Join us as we visit a unique and exciting jungle people on the island of Sri Lanka! That the cobra is one of the deadliest snakes in the world and kills thousands of people every year are not things the Ahukuntakayos people worry about . Here, these snakes are part of the family, part of life. This people's culture and survival are rooted almost wholly in catching and keeping snakes. They earn money as snake charmers in the tourist areas. Indeed, there was a time when Ahukuntakayos people would be called upon to clear gardens and rice paddies of poisonous snakes. But a future as a snake charmer is no longer a certainty for a child in this village. With schooling, the next generation may be able to get more secure employment. But they thereby risk losing their forefathers' skills - and a centuries-old culture. View Trailer

	The Elephants of Paradise A documentary by Stefan Quinth, Length 40 min. The elephant has long been a symbol of wisdom and strength and has been both admired and feared by people everywhere. But even though the Asian elephant has often been worshipped as a god, today, it is facing extinction. This is a film about the difficult situation for the elephant on the island of Sri Lanka. As an effect of the civil war the animals protected forests are being destroyed by soldiers, tanks and mines. The elephants are forced to leave the national parks for an uncertain future, in continuous conflict with the local people. The film shows efforts made by the Sri Lankan government to save the Ceylon Elephant. View Trailer

	The Sea turtle Threatened Vagabond of the Indian Ocean Length 25 minutes Before dinosaurs walked the earth, long before mammals, birds and lizards were ever created, the sea turtle, with its thick protective shell, roamed the seas. Many life forms have appeared and disappeared throughout our planet’s long existence, but the sea turtle has survived them all. Until now. During the last 50 years all species of sea turtles have significantly diminished in number. Our extensive development and exploitation of the beaches and oceans have pushed the giant turtles to the verge of extinction.