Picture of His Life

[Played Aug. 25 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups and available on Amazon Prime Video and various VOD platforms.] Breathtaking cinematography and scenery dominate Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir's captivating, award-winning, fascinating, educational, 72-minute, 2019 documentary that chronicles world-renowned Israeli wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum, who has photographed numerous animals such as manta rays, sharks, orcas, blue whales, anacondas, and crocodiles, as he travels 3,107 miles to Baker Lake in the Canadian Arctic with the surprising and crazy intent of photographing dangerous, man-eating polar bears while swimming alongside them and consists of commentary by cinematographer Adam Ravetch, Hall of Fame scuba diver Howard Rosenstein, National Geographic explorer in residence Dr. Sylvia Earle, underwater photographer Javier Mendoza, photographer J. Michael Whitaker, French explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, shark expert Avi Klepfer, film producer Andy Byatt, Inuit guide Joe, sister Ilana Nachoum, and fellow soldier Yoni Ben Shalom.
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