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NOT YET FIXED: A Film to Help Shelter Pets

NOT YET FIXED: A Film to Help Shelter Pets

by msamtesto | Sep 6, 2023 | adoptdontshop, animal welfare, letsfixit

ABOUT THE FILM When we released the documentary A Southern Fix in 2014, nearly a million unwanted companion pets were being euthanized each year. Thanks to the tireless efforts of  rescuers, advocates, and animal advocacy groups, and documentary films that number...
America’s Hidden Tigers Get Help from Rescue Doc Films and Carole Baskin

America’s Hidden Tigers Get Help from Rescue Doc Films and Carole Baskin

by msamtesto | Dec 21, 2022 | The Hidden Tiger

Rescue Doc Films, a Knoxville-based video production firm led by Michael Samstag and Josh Gildrie, applauds the signing of the bipartisan Big Cat Public Safety Act, H.R. 263, by President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon. Thanks to the tireless work of big cat advocates...
Talking for Tigers: Documentary Storytelling Techniques

Talking for Tigers: Documentary Storytelling Techniques

by msamtesto | Nov 26, 2022 | Documentary Films, The Hidden Tiger

In this post, Documentary filmmaker Michael Samtesto outlines the documentary storytelling technique used in the Hidden Tiger to give tigers the voice they deserve. The Hidden Tiger is Samtesto’s fifth feature length documentary in distribution. Let me be clear–tigers...
We spoke to Carole Baskin, who said this Knoxville-led tiger film can be ‘Earth changing’

We spoke to Carole Baskin, who said this Knoxville-led tiger film can be ‘Earth changing’

by msamtesto | Dec 20, 2020 | Documentary Films, The Hidden Tiger

Ryan Wilusz,  Knoxville News Sentinel Carole Baskin, an activist for big cats, sat down and binge-watched “Tiger King” on Netflix just like everybody else. The end product, which she believed would resemble a “Blackfish” for tigers, had almost nothing to do with...
Carole Baskin working on new documentary focusing on big cat conservation

Carole Baskin working on new documentary focusing on big cat conservation

by msamtesto | Dec 11, 2020 | Documentary Films, The Hidden Tiger

The former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant is teaming up with Knoxville, Tenn., filmmakers to make a documentary about big cat conservation and the cruelty of keeping them in small zoos and parks. Baskin said she felt like the Netflix show was a missed opportunity...
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