ANIMAL PRIDE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | DIRECTION | CAMERA | EDIT

SYNOPSIS

Produced by Handful of Films for CBC’s flagship science program The Nature of Things, this is nature’s coming out story. Through a journey of scientific discovery, naturalist Connel Bradwell explores queerness and sexual diversity in Nature, and questions why we’ve been missing it all along.

Shot on location in Antarctica, Hawai‘i, England, and the Pacific Northwest, Animal Pride has been recognized for unveiling unique animal behaviour, earning the film recognition around the world.

WORLD PREMIERE

Innsbruck Nature Film Festival (Austria)

BROADCAST ON

CBC, Amazon Prime

DETAILS

Handful of Films - 44 & 52 minute versions

ROLE

Director - Rio Mitchell
Camera + Edit - Danny Cox

COLLABORATORS

Producer Carolyn Whittaker, Executive Producer Niobe Thompson, host/head writer Connel Bradwell, DOP Ryan Wilkes, Music by Kimmortal, dozens of scientists and researchers working at the cutting edge of animal behaviour and climate science.

AWARDS

AFO - Best Science Communication
LEO Awards - Best Picture, Music, Sound, Writing, Edit, Cinematography
International Wildlife Film Festival - Best Animal Behaviour
+ Many more

Watch the film today on CBC, CBC Gem, or Amazon Prime

WATCH MORE

Host Connel Bradwell talking with scientist about slug sex

Jaylen Bastos in drag, Batty Banks performs at Friend of Dorothy in Vancouver BC

Animal Pride close up of two slugs moving along a stick, erotic slug sex scene with warm red and blue lighting

Director Rio Mitchell, flying a drone to capture a shot in nature, wearing red jacket and a hat

Connel Bradwell in Hawaii, watching the Albatros flying around and interacting, two female albatros interacting

Douglas Russel, Senior curator at London Natural History Museum, showing Connel Bradwell Queer naturalist, an unpublished essay from the archives, The Sexual Habits of the Adélie Penguin