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NATURE: My Life as a Turkey DVD

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Based on a true story, this beautiful, charming, funny, sad, and thought-provoking film explores one of those rare moments when man and animal unwittingly become more closely linked than nature normally allows.Deep in the wilds of Florida, Joe Hutto, wildlife artist and naturalist, was presented with a rare opportunity. It had long been his hope to learn abo... ... More
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Based on a true story, this beautiful, charming, funny, sad, and thought-provoking film explores one of those rare moments when man and animal unwittingly become more closely linked than nature normally allows.

Deep in the wilds of Florida, Joe Hutto, wildlife artist and naturalist, was presented with a rare opportunity. It had long been his hope to learn about the secret world of wild turkeys by having young turkey poults imprint on him, but obtaining wild turkey eggs, or young poults, had proven to be next to impossible; so when he arrived home one day to find a bowl filled with wild turkey eggs on his doorstep, he went out immediately to obtain an incubator, determined to become their mother. It was an experience that would change his life in ways he could never have imagined. He began speaking with them even before they hatched, and bonded with them in their first moments. Then, day after day, for over a year, he lived as a turkey mother, taking on the full-time job of raising 16 turkey chicks. It was a role he would learn from scratch and leave him caught up in wonder. The level of awareness and sensitivity of his young family to the world around them simply transcended anything he had experienced before. He learned their language and their ways, and in time, he became about as close to being a turkey in human skin as nature permits. Eventually, his children grew up, and Hutto had to let them go off on their own. It was harder than he ever imagined.

The journal Hutto kept of his life as a turkey ultimately became a book, entitled Illumination in the Flatwoods. His story is reenacted in this film in full, as he lived it.

Based on Hutto's book, Illuminations in the Flatlands.

Producer: David Allen
Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman, Andrew Ruhemann
Production Company: WNET; BBC; Thirteen
Production Year: 2012
Copyright Year: 2011
Director: Nature
Talent: Joe Hutto
Discs: 1
Subtitles: Y
Subtitle Language: English (SDH)
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 Widescreen


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Gundula reviewed NATURE: My Life as a Turkey DVD
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Beautiful account
Review by Gundula review stating Beautiful account
I cant wait to buy this. I saw it by chance on the BBC iplayer a few years ago, and have now bought the book. I was stunned by the film, what a beautiful, intimate portrayal of his experiences with these birds. Who knew turkeys were so interesting, that one could get so close to them ? You join him on a journey, as he is there at the hatching of the chicks and thereon enters the life of wild turkeys. Ive bought the other books by Joe Hutto as well, and have to say that he is a remarkable man.
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Barry reviewed NATURE: My Life as a Turkey DVD
5.0 star rating
Very interesting program
Review by Barry review stating Very interesting program
Just goes to show how humans and wildlife can sometimes interact.
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Kenneth reviewed NATURE: My Life as a Turkey DVD
5.0 star rating
My life as a turkey
Review by Kenneth review stating My life as a turkey
Most powerful documentary me and wife has seen WISH IT COULD BE PLAYED EVERY THANKSGIVING

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