11/08/2024
Al and I began filming black bears in the mid-90's and our love of bears never waned. We now have 6 stand-alone documentary volumes on DVD which have garnered 18 international film awards!
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The first four of these DVDs are all about American Black Bears, the fifth is Asia Bears (Giant Panda, Sloth Bears, Sun Bears), and the sixth is about the bears in North America (American Black Bears, Brown Bears (including Grizzly and Kodiak), and Polar Bears! Our bears are perfect for yourself or that bear lover in your family or circle of friends. See more detailed descriptions and awards of individual DVDs on this website. You may order them singly on this website or as a discounted set during our special sales. Here is a brief description of each:
1. "American Black Bear" is an overview of black bears, including diet, behavior, habitat, safety, rescue, and bears in the four seasons. Rare footage includes a stand-off between two adult bears in a walnut grove, with cubs in the tree, and rescuing several cubs in the snows of New Mexico. Other states represented are Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. AWARD: 36th Annual WorldFest International Film Festival - Bronze Remi Award for Nature & Wildlife Documentary.
2. "Black Bear Cubs" is all about young American Black Bear cubs! Rare footage includes family life, with tiny little cubs in the winter den with mama bear, and little cubs in the woods with mama bear, and on up to sub-adult and adult bears. As in our first documentary, bear trees are highlighted here, what a sight! States represented are: Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. AWARDS: Silver Remi Award for Ecology, Environment, Conservation Documentary, 38th Annual WorldFest International Film Festival - Bronze Telly for Nature & Wildlife Documentary, 27th Annual International Telly Awards - Gold Classic Telly Award for Videography, 30th Annual International Telly Awards.
3. "True Bear Stories" are great dramatic and comical tales told by the folks who met those black bears, from Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, California/Nevada and Alaska. Rare photographs include a bear being rescued in the sea, video and photos of rescuing a bear cub with his head stuck in a jar, a mama bear trying to get her cub untangled from a fishing net, and more. States represented are: Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alaska, California/Nevada, and Florida. AWARDS: 44th Annual WorldFest International Film Festival - Gold Remi Award for Nature & Wildlife Documentary - Silver Remi Award for Ecology-Environment-Conservation Documentary- Bronze Remi Award for Children's Documentary.
4. "Southern Bears" is all about black bears in 9 states from Arkansas to North Carolina, their habitat, challenges, diet, history and research. 3+ hours on 3 discs all with fantastic footage of wild bears. Includes physical characteristics of several sub-species of American Black Bear, with video of white Kermodi American Black Bears in British Columbia, and Eastern American Black Bears as the predominant sub-species of bears shown. Several bear experts share their knowledge of black bears, from U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service and 9 southern State wildlife Agencies. (Includes a special segment on bear and people management with great stories from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.) States represented are Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. AWARDS: 47th Annual WorldFest International Film Festival: Platinum Remi Award for Public Service Documentary - Silver Remi Award for Nature & Wildlife Documentary - Silver Remi Award for Ecology, Environment, Conservation Documentary - Bronze Remi Award for Excellence in Documentary.
5. "Elusive and Imperiled" is about Asia bears, Giant Panda (China) - experts from Zoo Atlanta and U.S. Geological Survey - Sun Bear (Malaysia) - experts from the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, and Sloth Bear (Sri Lanka) - from a renowned wildlife researcher - discuss these bears in trouble from habitat destruction and poaching. AWARDS: 52nd Annual WorldFest International Film Festival: Gold Remi Award for Public Service Documentary - Gold Remi Award for Nature & Wildlife Documentary - Silver Remi Award for Ecology, Environment, Conservation Documentary.
6. "North America's Bears" is all about our wonderful bears - Brown Bears, American Black Bears, and Polar Bears! 3 hours (on 3 discs) of fantastic videos, bear experts, and BEAUTIFUL BEARS! Video locations include: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Yellowstone National Park, The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Yosemite National Park, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Glacier National Park, Southern Hudson Bay Region, Southern Beaufort Sea / Arctic, Georgia, and remote Montana locations. Experts and film from National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Tennessee, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, NOAA / U.S. Coast Guard, and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Trent University, and outstanding photos of bears from many other locations. All segments are fascinating, including the research of an American Black Bear in Louisiana that suddenly emerged out of a hole in a tree as the biologist climbed up, and closeup of a black bear we filmed flipping large rocks in a dry creek bed . . . and more. AWARDS: 55th Annual WorldFest International Film Festival: Gold Remi Award for Cinematography - Gold Remi Award for Nature & Wildlife Documentary - Gold Remi Award for Ecology, Environment, Conservation Documentary - Gold Remi Award for Excellence in Documentary.
All 6 Bear Documentaries: American Black Bear including Kermode White, Brown Bear Including Grizzly Bear & Kodiak Bear, Polar Bear, Giant Panda Bear, Sun Bear and Sloth Bear