Wild Life

Wild Life (2023)

Love is a force of Nature.

From Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Wild Life" follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting. After falling in love in mid-life, Kris and the outdoorsman and entrepreneur Doug Tompkins left behind the world of the massively successful outdoor brands they'd helped pioneer like Patagonia, The North Face, and Esprit, and turned their attention to a visionary effort to create National Parks throughout Chile and Argentina. "Wild Life" chronicles the highs and lows of their journey to effect the largest private land donation in history.

Date of release
2023-04-14
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (15)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Casting

Interesting facts

Wild Life is a 2023 American documentary film directed and produced by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin that follows conservationist Kris Tompkins and her husband, entrepreneur Douglas Tompkins. The film was produced by Little Monster Films for National Geographic Documentary Films and premiered at the 2023 South by Southwest Film Festival. It was released theatrically by Picturehouse in select U.S. cities on April 14, 2023, and had its broadcast debut on the National Geographic Channel on May 25, 2023, with streaming beginning on Disney+ the following day.

Production

In an interview for Vanity Fair at the 49th edition of the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, director Vasarhelyi called the making of the film "a process" in order to convince Kris Tompkins to make a film depicting her journey despite being from a generation that is uncomfortable talking about itself.

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