White Wilderness (1958)

Directed by

James Algar

Genre

documentary film, nature documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

6

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows wildlife in the Canadian Arctic, including lemmings. It includes a famous scene where lemmings jump off a cliff.

educationalgrandiosedatedobservationalcalmsuspensefulmisleading

What happens

White Wilderness is a 1958 pseudo-documentary film produced by Walt Disney Productions as part of its True-Life Adventure series. It is noted for its propagation of the myth of lemming mass suicide. The film was directed by James Algar and narrated by Winston Hibler. It was filmed on location in Canada over the course of three years. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Golden Bear for Best Documentary at the 1959 Berlin Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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