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...
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 across the country, the Big Cat Public Safety Act passed the Senate with unanimous bipartisan support.
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...
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...
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...
As we traveled the country making A Southern Fix, one thing that we heard frequently was that the future of animal rescue will fall to the next generation. While we believe that we can put an end to shelter killing in the near future, there is no doubt that the...