2008 · documentary · survival
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
Directed by Matthew Aeberhard, Leander Ward1h 18m2008
In the remote and forgotten wilderness of Lake Natron, in northern Tanzania, one of nature's last great mysteries unfolds: the birth, life and death of a million crimson-winged flamingos.
Our read: The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2008) reads as a cosy, measured, grounded documentary · survival entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, measured, gentle documentary / survival, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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