Between Earth and Sky *Viewer Discretion Advised*
Social Science
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25m
For her entire professional life, renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered climbing techniques to study "what grows back” after an ecological disturbance in the rainforest canopy. Now, after surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself in order to understand the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her life.
Director: Andrew Nadkarni
Producer: Andrew Nadkarni, Katie Schiller, Swetha Regunathan
2023 | 26 min
USA
Languages: English, Spanish
Subtitles: English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish
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