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Borealis

2020 · 93 min

A hushed, patient immersion into an ancient forest, inviting quiet wonder and quiet alarm at what is being lost.

Directed by: Kevin McMahon
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Stan Boutin

Overview: Borealis is a unique cinematic documentary that goes deep into Canada's iconic snow forest to understand how black spruce and birch experience life, talk to each other and decide when the time is right to burn themselves down.

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Directed by: Kevin McMahon
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Stan Boutin

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Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: nature
environment
survival
science
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Realism	9
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Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
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Starring: Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Stan Boutin
Runtime: 93 min

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