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Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer

Jan 1, 1999
0h 24m
★ 9.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Cast

Teresa Marshall

Narrator

Teresa Marshall

Carleton MacNaughton

Self

Carleton MacNaughton

Michael Sarell

Self

Michael Sarell

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