

This True Life Fantasy follows and shows how the life of a female squirrel, Perri, in the forest is filled with danger and fraught with peril. When not fleeing her natural enemy, the Marten, Perri finds time to fall in love with her prince-charming male squirrel.
Cinematography
Stunning Technicolor nature photography that took two years in Wyoming wilds.
Editing
Seamless blend of documentary footage and staged drama—basically invented nature storytelling.
Director
Ralph Wright
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed across four seasons in Jackson Hole, Wyoming using 600,000 feet of footage for a 75-minute film.
This 'True Life Fantasy' hybrid invented the nature-documentary-as-drama format later copied by March of the Penguins.