This is a story about a family living with a terrible curse. Adults are plagued by infertility and the young are vulnerable to disease. But this family is no stranger to adversity; they are a family of kakapo. Once thought extinct, they’re now the world's rarest and strangest wild parrot.
Today there's only one breeding population left in the entire world and the normally guarded conservation project that protects it has opened its doors and given a documentary maker unprecedented access to the Kakapo Recovery Program. The timing is perfect, modern science thinks they've uncovered the reason behind the curse and the recovery team think they've found a way to lift it.
With the help of a Spanish avian artificial insemination expert, some old men and a team of dedicated conservationists and rangers, a cure is almost within reach. But the battle to save the kakapo is far from over and the kakapo themselves still have a hand to play.
Watch more clips from the movie on the film gallery page and on the Internet Movie Database The Unnatural History of the Kakapo page.
The Unnatural History of the Kakapo DVD
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Festival
The Unnatural History of the Kakapo has been selected for the DocNZ Film Festival.
Film Facts
- The Unnatural History of the Kakapo took 4 years to make.
- During Filming Scott spent 4 weeks in a hide and became the first person to witness and film kakapo mating.
- 25% of the profit from the DVD goes to the Kakapo Recovery Program.
The Unnatural History of the Kakapo is a feature length documentary produced by ELWIN
Productions.
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