Directed by Vincent Munier & Marie Amiguet
France | 2022 | Documentary | 92 min | French w/ subtitles
Film Source: Oscilloscope
Sponsored by: Jane Kramer; The Nature Conservancy VT Chapter; Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region
Please note the virtual ticket for this film is only viewable in the U.S & Canada.
There are few films as unabashedly gorgeous as The Velvet Queen, yet the film is less about the spectacle before our eyes and more about the act of looking itself and appreciating what appears. The documentary follows celebrated wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and adventurer Sylvain Tesson as they trek the Tibetan Highlands for a glimpse of the ever-elusive snow leopard and whatever else happens to grace their sightline. While hiking, Munier and Tesson share a philosophy of patience and privation, seeking unobtrusive harmony with the landscape in order to behold the wonders of what it has to reveal. It’s a film as much about a way of being as it is about capturing glimpses of rare beauties in an exotic terrain. ~TW
***The screening will be followed at 4:30 by a talk by Joel Sartore. The talk is free but requires separate booking***