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Since the curtains first went up on early motion picture screens, nature documentaries have enthralled audiences. The challenges of capturing intimate views of animal life have pushed the boundaries of technology, and sometimes ethics. Natural history films have as much to tell us about ourselves and our views on time, sex, and death, as they do about the animal kingdom.

Throw some popcorn in the microwave and join Erin Chapman as she traces the cinematic arc of natural history filmmaking, sharing excerpts from the genre’s greatest hits and little-known gems, and highlighting a few of the fascinating personalities behind the camera.

Erin Chapman is the New Media Content Manager at the American Museum of Natural History, where she gets to film dinosaur bones and comet dust on the regular. She's the creator and director of Shelf Life, an award-winning online series taking viewers behind the scenes into the Museum's scientific collections. In a former life, she was a multimedia reporter, interactive game producer, zine editor, and Emmy-nominated journalist for PBS.