Love in Cold Blood

Love in Cold Blood (2009)

This multi-award-winning documentary chronicles the turbulent, 'will-they-won't-they' relationship of Mildred and Henry — two tuatara at Invercargill's Southland Museum. When Henry was first selected for the captive breeding program, his supervisors named him after King Henry Vlll, hoping he'd have several wives. But Henry's dramatic journey to becoming a father ended up spanning decades. The "epic saga" is packed with info on tuatara history in Aotearoa, alongside plenty of tongue-in-cheek humour. Plus baby tuatara having their toenails clipped makes for memorable viewing. Poet Cilla McQueen narrates.

Directors: Carla Braun-Elwert, Jane Adcroft.

Release Date: 2009-01-01
Status: Released
Run time: 25 min / 0:25
Production Company : Natural History New Zealand Ltd.
Production Country: New Zealand

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	John Campbell as Subject

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Crew	Cilla McQueen	Presenter
Sound	Matt Caradus	Sound Designer
Production	Judith Curran	Executive Producer
Directing	Carla Braun-Elwert	Director
Directing	Jane Adcroft	Director
Production	Jane Adcroft	Producer
Production	Carla Braun-Elwert	Producer
Camera	Fraser Gunn	Additional Camera
Camera	Lindsay Hazley	Additional Camera

Love in Cold Blood

To Māori, these long-living taonga are kaitiaki, guardians of knowledge... They are the last survivors of an ancient lineage of reptiles that died out everywhere else 65 million years ago. And now, tuatara are only found in New Zealand.

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