NEW NATURE DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS SAN DIEGO’S AMAZING WILDLIFE
San Diego is not only America’s Finest City, but also America’s Wildest City! The Nat’s latest documentary, Wild San Diego, is about to show us San Diego’s untamed heart like we’ve never seen it before. The San Diego Natural History Museum is set to debut Wild San Diego on Friday, November 22 (opens to the public November 23), a new documentary revealing the natural marvels of San Diego, the county that boasts the highest biodiversity in the continental United States.
“Wild San Diego displays the spectacular resilience of our city’s ecosystems.
It’s a rare chance to witness the stunning biodiversity that exists right in our backyards,” shared Judy Gradwohl, president and CEO at The Nat. “It’s exactly what our Museum’s conservation work is all about.”
This stunning nature film takes us on an incredible journey through America’s most biodiverse urban landscape, from soaring over the Pacific alongside majestic marine giants to getting up close with the quirky ground squirrels in our own backyard.
Produced by San Diego-based Day’s Edge Productions—known for the PBS series Human Footprint and many other award-winning global media projects—the documentary reveals the hidden life of San Diego’s grebes, grunions, ground squirrels, marine giants, and more. It also highlights how wildlife continues to adapt to humans’ impact on the landscape.
“Over the past two years, we’ve been knee-deep in Lake Hodges watching grebes, flown drones over the Pacific Ocean, and filmed grunions in Pacific Beach,” said Dr. Nathan Dappen,
owner of Day’s Edge Productions and director of Wild San Diego. “As a San Diego local, it’s been a labor of love to discover everything this city’s natural world has to offer.
‘Wild San Diego’ Opens to the Public Nov. 23 at the San Diego Natural History Museum
The Nat 40-minute documentary Wild San Diego opens to the public with two showings daily starting November 23 at The Nat (1788 El Prado, Balboa Park). It will become one of the Museum’s core film offerings, which will be shown for the next few years along with other rotating films like T. REX. Find tickets and more details here.
