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For Immediate Release
March 5, 2006
A new High Plains film by first-time filmmakers, C. Wolf Drimal and Margot
Higgins, documents the conflict between wildlife and automobile culture.
CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS, 53 minutes, 2006
http://www.highplainsfilms.org/fp_caught.html
Advance DVDs are available.
(16:9 widescreen & 4:3 letterbox versions available)
Contact High Plains Films for details: (406) 728-0753, yak@highplainsfilms.org
CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS, a new documentary from High Plains Films that
examines the conflict between wildlife and automobile culture is now available
for exhibition and broadcast. High Plains Films is seeking distribution
in all markets.
In the United States where over four million miles of roads cross the
landscape, an animal is killed on the road every 11.5 seconds - with one
million vertebrate animals falling victim to automobile collisions annually.
Through the voices of six individuals who are intimately familiar with
vehicle-wildlife conflicts, CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS is a quirky, informative
exploration of automobile culture. Two Department of Transportation employees
combine humor and sensitivity while taking the viewer on a tour along
Montana's state highways.
A Wildlife rehabilitator since childhood turned raptor educator, painter,
and welder, shares her work and perspective of the hardships that birds
face in a world where car collisions are the leading cause of injury and
death for raptors.
Raising a child as a single father may be hard; try combining that with
an hour long commute to work through prime deer and elk habitat. One auto-body
painter tells stories of close calls with wildlife on the road while warning
of societal stubbornness.
A road ecologist from the Netherlands studies opportunities for creatures
to cross roads safely while providing his own social commentary on the
past, present and future of our transportation infrastructure.
Another man seeks apology and ceremony by turning roadkill into bronze
sculptures. His bold artwork challenges us to examine our dependency on
the automobile through death preserved on the walls of a Seattle0-area
gallery.
CAUGHT IN THE HEADLIGHTS weaves together these diverse voices united in
their reverence for the long-ignored casualties of the highway.
High Plains Films
131 South Higgins Avenue, Suite 201
Missoula, Montana 59802
(406) 728-0753
yak@highplainsfilms.org
www.highplainsfilms.org
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