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Flight of the Butterflies
Flight of the Butterflies

Flight of the Butterflies

Genres

Documentary

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It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south into central Mexico. The documentary film covers Dr Fred Urquhart's interest in monarch butterflies, with perspectives of Urquhart as a child wondering where the butterflies went, his years of research and study into their life and migration, to his time decades-later as a senior scientist looking back at his investigations and discoveries about the insect's life pattern.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

45 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

01 October 2012

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Megan Follows

Megan Follows

Narrator

Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent

Dr Fred Urquhart

Shaun Benson

Shaun Benson

Ken Brugger

Patricia Phillips

Patricia Phillips

Norah Urquhart

Sofía Sisniega

Sofía Sisniega

Chloe

Stephanie Sigman

Stephanie Sigman

Catalina Aguado

Jayden Greig

Jayden Greig

Ice cream boy

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