Rodents of Unusual Size (2016)

Directed by

Jeff Springer, Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows giant invasive swamp rats called nutria that are threatening coastal Louisiana. It shows how the rodents are damaging the environment and what people are doing to stop them.

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What happens

Rodents of Unusual Size is a 2017 documentary film funded by ITVS and directed by the team of Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer about giant invasive swamp rats, nutria, threatening coastal Louisiana. The film is narrated by Wendell Pierce with an all original musical soundtrack by the Cajun band Lost Bayou Ramblers. The name is a reference to the movie The Princess Bride which used the term as a running joke. This feature-length film premiered during the 2017 version of the all documentary film festival DOC NYC, on 15 November 2017. The film was released by Grasshopper Film and broadcast on the PBS TV series Independent Lens on 14 January 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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