Title:	Safari
Finalist Categories:	Short
Film ID:	7093
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Film Length:	7 minutes
Synopsis:	Safari is an evolutionary melodrama. Here the American cockroach, a primeval creature that has skillfully infiltrated urban environments and is, therefore, despised by humans, emerges from the primordial sea, crawling on land for the first time. Then, navigating the lush, verdant jungle alongside Chalmers' ground-hugging camera, the cockroach encounters oversized insects, amphibians, and reptiles. When two gigantic rhinoceros beetles lock horns in aggressive combat, it's like 1950's sci-fi movies in which irradiated insects rule the earth. Yet this intimate vantage point also magnifies the striking physical beauty of these tiny creatures, inviting an appreciative reappraisal of numerous species we typically overlook or devalue as mere pests.

	Contact Information:
	Catherine Chalmers
	35 Wooster St.
	New York , NY 10013
	URL: http://www.catherinechalmers.com