The Sonoran Desert: A Violent Eden (1997)
An intriguing look at the agonies of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, northern Mexico and Southern California forthrightly reveals the animals' and vegetation's dreadful task of accommodating themselves to their homeland. Stunningly photographed by Keith Brust, producer-writer Sean Morris and their companions --- with Barry Nye lending his customary editing assurance --- provide a handsome study of deprivation and survival and an illuminating look at how the other half lives and dies.
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Richard Kiley as Narrator (voice) |
| Writing | Sean Morris | Writer |
| Crew | Sean Morris | Cinematography |
| Production | Sean Morris | Producer |
| Editing | Barry Nye | Editor |
| Art | Yeorgos Lampathakis | Art Direction |
| Sound | David Lindstrom | Sound |
| Production | Nicolas Noxon | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Gilbert Urias | Sound |
| Production | Teresa Koenig | Producer |
| Crew | Keith Brust | Cinematography |
| Sound | Keith Brust | Sound |
| Camera | John Brown | Camera Operator |
| Sound | John Brown | Sound |
| Camera | Gilbert Urias | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Stephen Croes | Music |
| Production | Jackie Laughton | Production Manager |
| Sound | Albert Jackman | Sound |
| Editing | Kim Desch | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jay Segimoto | Online Editor |
| Sound | Al Decker | Sound Post Supervisor |
| Sound | Mark Korba | Sound Post Supervisor |
| Crew | Mark Dimmitt | Scientific Consultant |
| Production | Annie Thomas | Production Manager |
| Production | J.C. Reiner | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Randall Babb | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Joe Branham | Scientific Consultant |
| Sound | Barry Nye | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mark Linden | Sound Post Production Coordinator |
| Production | Kitty Cox | Production Assistant |
| Production | Paul Durbin | Researcher |
| Art | Michael Lentz | Art Designer |
| Crew | Stephanie Ito | Post Production Assistant |
| Camera | Albert Jackman | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Stephen Buchmann | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Donna Howell | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Wade C. Sherbrooke | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Janice McKay | Post Production Supervisor |
| Editing | Don Pipes | Colorist |
| Production | Albert Jackman | Researcher |
| Sound | Jay Chattaway | Music |