Steve Furman

The hooded merganser is a rare and reclusive duck found only in a few parts of North America. Every spring, the wary hen lays and incubates her eggs in a nest high in a lakeside tree. Just 24 hours after hatching, the tiny ducklings must make the perilous leap to the water below to begin life in the wild, an age-old rite rarely observed by humans. “Ride of the Mergansers” brings new appreciation to the phrase “leap of faith.”

(USA, 2006, 11 min, Beta)

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Scheduled Show Times

(Sunday, 7:50 p.m., NUG)

(KIDZ KINO: Monday, 11:00 a.m., PALM)