| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | ARCTIC TALE (2006) |
| Director | Adam Ravetch, Sarah Robertson |
| Writer | Linda Woolverton, Mose Richards, Kristin Gore |
| Lead Actor | Queen Latifah |
| Cast | Queen Latifah, Katrina Agate, Zain Ali |
| Genre | Documentary, Family |
| Release Date | August 17, 2007 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 30m(90 min) |
| Budget | Not Available |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 6.9/10 |
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Queen Latifah narrates this documentary about the struggles of polar bears and walruses in the Great North. Nanu and her twin brother are young polar bears discovering the seemingly endless ice kingdom that is their home and hunting field. Seela, a walrus, is born underwater and joins her family group to loll in the sun on ice floes and feast on clams.
As global warming impacts their world, the mothers of these young creatures are challenged as they struggle to teach their offspring how to avoid becoming prey as they search for food and enjoy life. The film follows Nanu and Seela through birth and adolescence, to becoming mothers themselves. It’s the North Pole version of the 2006 Academy Award-winning documentary March of the Penguins.
The cinematography and narration are lyrical. Queen Latifah’s gentle narration endows the Arctic with personality, dignity and great worth. The camera’s view is deliberate as it captures the life cycles of the polar bears and the walruses, with humor, pathos and realism.
Above all, the film demonstrates the essential interdependence of these animals and their shrinking environment with all the life forms of the Arctic and, by extension, the entire earth.
My favorite scene was the majestic aerial shot of the beluga whales, orcas and other animals swimming in the canal between the ice floes during the summer migration. (The after dinner sequence of walrus digestive behavior will delight young viewers especially.)
The musical score is by Joby Talbot (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy). The team of writers includes Linda Woolverton and Mose Richards, who have written for Disney and nature documentaries, and Kristin Gore, daughter of Al and Tipper Gore. Kristin was the only female writer for the Emmy-winning, animated TV series Futurama.
Arctic Tale is coproduced by National Geographic and Paramount Classics. While there are many similarities between Arctic Tale and March of the Penguins, this documentary about the Far North ends with a question that elicits many more: What if these fascinating animals of earth’s ice kingdom can no longer find food? Implied peril.
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