Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer (1999)
This personal documentary is the story of Teresa Marshall, who grew up on a British Columbia ranch. Every child needs a demon, and Teresa took battle against rattlesnakes. In the dry interior of B.C., the south Okanagan and Similkameen valleys form the bio-region known as Canada's "pocket desert." As settlers' dreams of creating an agricultural Eden erase fragile desert lands that support a breathtaking array of wild species, the narrator and her snake-hunting neighbours are forced to examine their environmental attitudes.
Directors: Craig Berggold, Teresa Marshall.
https://www.nfb.ca/film/pocket_desert_confessions_of_a_snake_killer/
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Teresa Marshall as Narrator |
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Carleton MacNaughton as Self |
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Michael Sarell as Self |
| Directing | Craig Berggold | Director |
| Editing | Heather Frise | Editor |
| Crew | Craig Berggold | Cinematography |
| Sound | Ellen McIlwaine | Music |
| Sound | Dieter Piltz | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Teresa Marshall | Director |
| Sound | Velcrow Ripper | Sound Designer |
| Writing | Craig Berggold | Writer |
| Camera | Glen Winter | Aerial Camera |
| Production | Svend-Erik Eriksen | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Teresa Marshall | Writer |
| Writing | Margo Harper | Writer |
| Editing | Ileana Pietrobruno | Editor |
| Production | George Johnson | Producer |