Storyline
It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south into central Mexico. The documentary film covers Dr Fred Urquhart's interest in monarch butterflies, with perspectives of Urquhart as a child wondering where the butterflies went, his years of research and study into their life and migration, to his time decades-later as a senior scientist looking back at his investigations and discoveries about the insect's life pattern.
Cast & Crew
Megan Follows
Narrator
Lead
Gordon Pinsent
Dr Fred Urquhart
Shaun Benson
Ken Brugger
PP
Patricia Phillips
Norah Urquhart
Sofía Sisniega
Chloe
Stephanie Sigman
Catalina Aguado
Jayden Greig
Ice cream boy
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mike Slee's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Flight of the Butterflies is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
