Films
Learn more about the documentary films created by Magic Kumquat Productions. Below are some of our innovative short films which tell meaningful stories about nature conservation and remarkable people.
A TORTOISE CALLED PUMPKIN SPICE
A Tortoise Called Pumpkin Spice captures the moving story of a successful wildlife rescue. As viewers follow the tale of Pumpkin Spice, a young gopher tortoise, they discover how scientists are working to ensure the survival of this important keystone species in the American Southeast.
A Tortoise Called Pumpkin Spice takes viewers on a fascinating journey, from longleaf forests to a gopher tortoise hatchery. The film features scientists and experts from Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Division and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Coming Fall 2024.
LONGLEAF FOREVER
Winner of the Best North America Short award at the 2024 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, Longleaf Forever is a short documentary film that plunges viewers into one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Home to hundreds of rare plants and animals, longleaf pine forests once covered 90 million acres in the American South.
Today, conservationists and land managers are turning a history of habitat loss and decline into a hopeful environmental story of renewal.We hear from women and men who care passionately about these landscapes and the species which live within them: from a forester in rural Georgia to fire ecologists who study the
essential role of regular cycles of fire in the health of longleaf forests.
DEVOURING BEAUTIES
Devouring Beauties: The Remarkable Pitcherplants reveals one of the most beautiful carnivorous plants in the world. The rare, North American species sarracenia has evolved fascinating adaptations that allow it to survive in low nutrient conditions. Devouring Beauties follows a team of botanists and conservationists as they rescue and relocate imperiled pitcherplants -- all while guarding them from greedy poachers.
Currently in production.