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Between Earth & Sky

Between Earth & Sky

A film about "what grows back"

2023•25m•10.0/10
Documentary

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10.0/10(1)

For her entire professional life, renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered climbing techniques to study "what grows back” after an ecological disturbance in the rainforest canopy. Now, after surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself in order to understand the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her life.

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Production

By the Creek Productions, IF/Then Shorts, It Doesn't Suck Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nalini Nadkarni

Self

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