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Young Mountains

Television (Full Length) – 1992

The Southern Alps contain some of the youngest mountains in the world. In this NHNZ documentary awesome four seasons footage and sound design evoke the the tenuous richness of life in the vast, geologically dynamic landscape. Garrulous kea (the world’s only mountain parrot), Himalayan thar, “snow thrush” (crickets) and Mount Cook buttercup (the world’s largest) exist in a world of thundering avalanches and creaking glaciers. The classically filmed doco won a Merit Award at the 1993 International Wildlife Film Festival, Missoula.

Key Cast & Crew

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Mike Single

Director, Producer, Camera

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Peter Hayden

Writer

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David Reed

Executive Producer

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Karen Jackson

Editor

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Libby Danks

Editor

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Rudy Hueting

Sound

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