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Dire Straits and Drowned Valleys | Craig Potton's Wild Coasts examines the specific people, events and evidence presented in this documentary. Wild Coasts follows celebrated landscape photographer and conservationist Craig Potton, as he explores New Zealand’s extraordinarily rich and varied coastline. It takes viewers from spectacular places known the world over to isolated and unknown wilderness spots, to uncover some of New Zealand’s most breath-taking shores. The five-part series follows Craig while he spends time with the people who live by and love, New Zealand’s coasts, including: scientists, sailors, swimmers, artists, iwi, boaties and bach owners. Documentary Central is the home for compelling documentaries tackling subjects like history, climate change, wildlife, conspiracy and more.

Dire Straits and Drowned Valleys | Craig Potton's Wild Coasts is presented by Documentary Central. Its listed runtime is 44 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.

As a society documentary, Dire Straits and Drowned Valleys | Craig Potton's Wild Coasts uses straits, drowned, valleys as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.

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Title
Dire Straits and Drowned Valleys | Craig Potton's Wild Coasts
Category
Society
Runtime
44 minutes
Language
English

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