KickStarter May 2013

View a ~5 minute video of this planned documentary here

Over six years ago I saw the amazing beauty of the Monarch butterflies in Mexico. “Amazing” barely describes it. These butterflies are more than delicate creatures that travel thousands of miles, over the length of three continents, to spend the winter in Mexico. They fill the mountains, trees and skies with a sea of orange. The sound of their wings silences you.

Mexicans insist they are the souls of dead ancestry that arrive in time to celebrate the Day of the Dead in their country.

After much research I have discovered stories that these butterflies have appeared in times of tragedy, bringing beauty to a sad, sometimes tragic moment and hope to someone that needs it. Is this merely a coincidence?

This film will follow the Monarch’s migration from Canada to Mexico, meeting people who have been touched by their coincidental appearance and hearing their heart-warming stories.

You may have seen nature documentaries on them, but this will put a super-natural and much more people-focused twist on it. It will be a positive and almost magical look at, not just nature, but a subject we don’t love talking about – death.

If we don’t hit our budget, then you won’t be charged a penny. Of course I’m asking you to help with funding, but also please pass this to one person (or more) who will find this story interesting: lovers of butterflies, Mexico, nature, Day of the Dead… whoever you can think of. One way or another, this is going to get made. I hope you help me.

Thank you for your time.