Co-presented with Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter
Screening includes a pre-recorded filmmaker discussion.
Across the globe conservationists are working to celebrate nature and preserve our relationships with wild spaces. Travel to Kenya, the Himalayas, and the Ebo Forest in this showcase of environmental action, restoration, and advocacy.
The Jujurana (king of birds) or Western tragopan is one of the most vulnerable pheasants in the world, residing in the backdrop of extreme socio-political pressures exerted on a beautiful temperate and subalpine forest landscape. The red faced, blue-wattled, horned male of the species is a gorgeous pheasant, mesmerizing the females with his breathtaking courtship dance. My goal was to video document this Tragopan, one of the least photographed birds in the world, and share it with everyone. This short film on my journey into the kingdom of the Jujurana, highlights what it takes to protect this species at a time that India is rapidly loosing its biodiversity. The state of Himachal Pradesh in India, is not only home to one of the largest protected populations of these birds, but is also the only place in the world where they are currently being bred in captivity for eventual release in the wild.
- Year2019
- Runtime10 minutes
- CountryIndia
- DirectorMunmun Dhalaria
Co-presented with Sierra Club, Maryland Chapter
Screening includes a pre-recorded filmmaker discussion.
Across the globe conservationists are working to celebrate nature and preserve our relationships with wild spaces. Travel to Kenya, the Himalayas, and the Ebo Forest in this showcase of environmental action, restoration, and advocacy.
The Jujurana (king of birds) or Western tragopan is one of the most vulnerable pheasants in the world, residing in the backdrop of extreme socio-political pressures exerted on a beautiful temperate and subalpine forest landscape. The red faced, blue-wattled, horned male of the species is a gorgeous pheasant, mesmerizing the females with his breathtaking courtship dance. My goal was to video document this Tragopan, one of the least photographed birds in the world, and share it with everyone. This short film on my journey into the kingdom of the Jujurana, highlights what it takes to protect this species at a time that India is rapidly loosing its biodiversity. The state of Himachal Pradesh in India, is not only home to one of the largest protected populations of these birds, but is also the only place in the world where they are currently being bred in captivity for eventual release in the wild.
- Year2019
- Runtime10 minutes
- CountryIndia
- DirectorMunmun Dhalaria