Swan Song

A documentary about the Royal Swans on the Rideau River in Ottawa.

Synopsis: The Royal Swans have made their home on the Rideau River for the last 44 years. Given as a gift from the Queen during Canada's Centennial, these majestic birds have become a symbol of the area and one of the many highlights of the city of Ottawa. In recent years, the Royal Swan program has seen much adversity as the program threatens to close if a new winter facility to house the birds can't be found. Being seen as unnecessary expenditure, the city has struggled to find an alternative solution and time to do so is running out. In her final year as program coordinator, Christine Hartig looks back at her 25 years of experience with the swans.

Credits:

Director/Producer/Editor: Justin Nalepa
Music: Elise Sokol
Camera Operator: Tae-eun Kim
Boom Mic Operator: Eric Archambault & Lubna Karim

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Documentary
• Documentary Film
• +Swans
• +Royal
• Swans
• +Ottawa
• +Rideau
• River
• +Christine
• Hartig
• +Swan
• Song

[DDRocker]

Very interesting. I like the way her sadness at ending her long-time commitment towards the swans is captured at the end of the video.