Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer

Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1999

Runtime

0h 24m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Director

Craig Berggold

Description

This personal documentary is the story of Teresa Marshall, who grew up on a British Columbia ranch. Every child needs a demon, and Teresa took battle against rattlesnakes. In the dry interior of B.C., the south Okanagan and Similkameen valleys form the bio-region known as Canada's "pocket desert." As settlers' dreams of creating an agricultural Eden erase fragile desert lands that support a breathtaking array of wild species, the narrator and her snake-hunting neighbours are forced to examine their environmental attitudes.