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The polar bear doesn’t know it’s 650 miles from the North Pole. The sort of information that a traditional documentary would give its audience and the audience wants, we weren’t able to give ...
While "Infinitely Polar Bear" makes an admirable argument that mental illness is something to be managed rather than dreaded like a death sentence (which is how its often treated on-screen), it's ...
The dialogue-free, animated TV series about a bumbling polar bear called Bernard, was first launched out of Spain in 2006 and went on to win fans at home and internationally, with the character ...
Book review: Kale Williams, a science and environment reporter for The Oregonian, began his polar bear journey in 2016 when a young polar bear cub named Nora arrived at the Portland zoo and became ...
The polar bear doesn’t know it’s 650 miles from the North Pole. The sort of information that a traditional documentary would give its audience and the audience wants, we weren’t able to give ...
But to its credit, “Polar Bear” isn’t just playing in the snow; there’s a very conscious through-line of conservation, highlighting how climate change has negatively affected the Arctic ...
A new book titled “Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon,” explores the history and myths of polar bears, and features more than 160 illustrations.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Maya Forbes and her daughter Imogene Wolodarsky about their new film, Infinitely Polar Bear. Forbes wrote and directed the fictionalized take on her own childhood.
The book focuses on three 12-year-old boys living in Milwaukee in 1948 who use the zoo as their playground and have to solve the mystery of the missing bear. "The character Nick is based on my dad ...