This documentary, with a running time of less than 53 minutes, is part of the PBS Nature series. Presented and narrated by Colin Stafford-Johnson, it's a quiet look at Ireland's longest river the Shannon (200 miles long) and the creatures that live in and around it.
The photography of these creatures and their environment is absolutely exquisite, often using slow motion and time lapse techniques. The camera follows Stafford-Johnson as he canoes along the Shannon, trying to point out the differences for the animals and their surroundings during the course of all four seasons. Stafford-Johnson has an obvious love for the area and nature, and, at times, laments on some of the changes that have occurred over the years, such as the disappearance of some of the flocks of migrating birds.
All in all, I thought this peaceful documentary, directed by John Murray, was filled with rather wondrous and colorful shots of the environment and animals of the Shannon, and thought the film was both informative and absorbing.
The photography of these creatures and their environment is absolutely exquisite, often using slow motion and time lapse techniques. The camera follows Stafford-Johnson as he canoes along the Shannon, trying to point out the differences for the animals and their surroundings during the course of all four seasons. Stafford-Johnson has an obvious love for the area and nature, and, at times, laments on some of the changes that have occurred over the years, such as the disappearance of some of the flocks of migrating birds.
All in all, I thought this peaceful documentary, directed by John Murray, was filled with rather wondrous and colorful shots of the environment and animals of the Shannon, and thought the film was both informative and absorbing.
