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Return to the Tepuis

2013 USA / Duration: 9 mins
Directed by: Jenny Nichols

“Science is important,” says Bruce Means, whose investigative work into a species of tiny toads in remotest Guyana, South America, is featured in this engaging short. Science is also, by the look of it, exotic, exciting and not without a hint of danger. His work is about understanding biodiversity in order to help conserve it and to do so, he has to reach the toad’s habitat. In his second foray to the ancient and lost world of the Tepuis, he is joined by National Geographic photographer Joe Riis and professional climber Mark Synnott. The two men help Means, who has 45 years of experience in field ecology and almost none in climbing, descend — and ascend — a sheer, multi-pitch face, making this fun and worthwhile short as much about adventure as science.

    • Jenny NicholsDirector

Previous Festival Appearances/Shows:

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Previous Tour Screenings

DateVenueLocation
Feb 21 2014Tower TheaterBend, ORWebsite
Feb 7 2014The Lyric TheatreBlacksburg, VA
Feb 5 2014Santa Fe, NMWebsite
Jan 23 2014Mariner AuditoriumHomer, AKWebsite
Jan 9 2014Wendy Williams Auditorium, University of AlaskaAnchorage, AKWebsite
Nov 9 2013Waitsfield Children's CenterWaitsfield, VTWebsite
Nov 7 2013Elks TheatreRapid City, SDWebsite
Nov 1 2013Watercolor Inn and ResortWatercolor, FLWebsite
Nov 1 2013Durango Nature StudiesDurango, COWebsite
Oct 5 2013Crestone Charter SchoolCrestone, COWebsite
Oct 4 2013The Gryphon TheatreLaramie, WYWebsite
Sep 13 2013Mammoth Lakes Art CenterMammoth Lakes, CAWebsite
Jul 20 2013Gateway, COWebsite
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