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HHMI Tangled Bank Studios is proud to announce that “The Serengeti Rules" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Nature Documentary during the 41st annual News and Documentary Awards ceremony on September 22 and was nominated as a finalist for best cinematography.
Read MoreAgainst the backdrop of climate change, the delicate underwater ecology of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands is hurting from declines in otters.
Read More“ ‘The Serengeti Rules’ sets itself apart by not only acknowledging the dangers afflicting ecosystems around the world but also presenting a hopeful solution to the problem.”
Read MoreDr. Mary E. Power is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley as well as Faculty Manager at the Angelo Coast Range Reserve and Director of the California Biodiversity Center. Mary is also a contributing scientist in a new documentary film called The Serengeti Rules.
Read MoreThe adult salmon's "...contribution of food to their offspring is essential to the health of the surrounding forests, and the animals who live there. That's why they are considered keystone species."
Read MoreExploring a number of the most remote and magnificent places on Earth, The Serengeti Rules found its focus in five pioneering scientists, who decades ago began a series of humble experiments, with the goal of better understanding the way nature works, and the rules by which it operates.
Read MoreEverything is connected when it comes to nature, in the view of filmmaker Nicolas Brown. His documentary film, The Serengeti Rules, depicts a handful of scientists whose breakthrough discoveries about everything from urchins to otters all turned out to be interrelated in the larger scheme of things.
Read MoreExplore some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of nature and ecology. Based on a book of the same name.
Read More“The great accomplishment of “The Serengeti Rules” is that it directs the viewer to see beauty in the way an ecologist might. Color, movement and texture all become indicators of ecological health. Seeking loveliness, the eye becomes trained to look for biodiversity. In mirroring the gaze of his professorial subjects, Brown rewards audiences with a film that happily weds the scientific and the cinematic.“
Read More“This notion that the balance of nature is thrown off when biodiversity is upset is widely accepted, but had to start somewhere. And it came to life with one college professor, wondering at the interconnection between predators and healthy ecosystems, watching a planet where such eco-systems had been altered and seemed to be crashing.”
Read MoreAbramorama, Passion Planet and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios announced today they will release Nicolas Brown’s award-winning documentary THE SERENGETI RULES in theaters nationwide this May.
Read MorePBS International announces a new distribution partnership with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, a mission-driven production company dedicated to crafting compelling, immersive films about science and scientists.
Read MoreThis year's festival includes 10 feature films and 44 shorts. The curated selection focuses on a range of critical environmental issues, such as animal extinction and climate change.
Read MoreThe feature-length film attempts to explain how nature works by looking at the importance of the top predator. It follows ecologists and zoologists building off of Paine’s theory that the when a predator is removed, like a starfish in a tide pool, biodiversity collapses.
Read MoreTHE FARTHEST—VOYAGER IN SPACE, BACKYARD WILDERNESS, and THE SERENGETI RULES recognized for excellence in science media.
Read MoreThe top honor of the festival, the Green Fire Award, is granted to The Serengeti Rules by filmmaker Nicholas Brown. This beautifully shot and poignant film shares the story of a band of young scientists and their time in the most remote and spectacular places on Earth. Driven by their insatiable curiosity about how nature works, they discover a single set of “rules” that govern all life.
Read MoreThe festival will close with another double bill: “Serengeti Rules” and “She is the Ocean.” “‘Serengeti’ is one of the most beautiful, visually stunning documentaries I’ve ever seen,” says River.
Read MoreA heartening work on climate change came in Nicolas Brown’s The Serengeti Rules.
Read MoreIncredible as it sounds, the Tribeca Film Festival has grown into a truly diverse and exciting collection of events that attracts thousands of filmmakers, cinematographers and patrons from all over the world.
Read MoreA celebration of scientific excellence and an account of a discovery which has ramifications for natural environments the world over, The Serengeti Rules makes for compelling viewing.
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