A bird nearly destroyed by humans, saved by humans. Nature's ultimate trust fall.
The documentary Merikotkan paluu (Return of the white-tailed eagle), tells the tale of the past and the present of the white-tailed eagle. The second protagonist of the film is the human - the animal that can be blamed for the eagles’ distress but also credited for its rescue.
Cinematography
Soaring aerial shots that'll ruin other nature docs
Direction
Patient storytelling, no anthropomorphizing nonsense
Editing
Seamless past/present weaving without heavy hands
Director
Jouni Hiltunen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Finland's white-tailed eagle became a national symbol of ecological guilt and recovery, appearing on coins and conservation stamps.
Director Jouni Hiltunen spent four years capturing one specific breeding pair; the female eagle was ringed as a chick in 1983.
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