The Penguin Counters

Name: The Penguin Counters
Genre: Adventure, Documentary
Released: April 21, 2017
Duration: 67 min

2017

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First Run Features | Release Date: April 21, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: Armed with low tech gear and high minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen lays bare his 30 year love affair with the world's most pristine scientific laboratory: Antarctica. Famed as a place that wants you dead, this film follows a rag tag team of field biologists to some of the harshest corners ofArmed with low tech gear and high minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen lays bare his 30 year love affair with the world's most pristine scientific laboratory: Antarctica. Famed as a place that wants you dead, this film follows a rag tag team of field biologists to some of the harshest corners of the planet, where they track the impact of climate change and ocean health by counting penguin populations. From the tip of Argentina to the ominous Deception Island, The Penguin Counters is a treacherous, heart warming journey by a 21st century Dr. Doliitle who dreams of conserving this stunning but fragile region for future generations.… Expand

Director: Erik Osterholm and Harriet Gordon Getzels and Peter Getzels

Genre(s): Adventure, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 67 min

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Ken Jaworowski

Apr 20, 2017

Here’s what sounds like one dud job: calculating bird populations in Antarctica. But here’s what that work has inspired: one swell documentary. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 26, 2017

Although imparting an important message about the devastating effects of global warming, The Penguin Counters is too rambling and diffuse to have significant impact while lacking the accessible qualities that would make it appeal to younger audiences. Read full review

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