Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer (1999)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 1999 24 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.three-actors, tmdb.endangered-species, tmdb.animal-life, tmdb.environmental-perspectives, tmdb.social-and-industrial-development, tmdb.ecosystems, mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: ONF | NFB

Country: Canada
Production Country: Canada
Languages: English