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Keep the Florida Panther from becoming a ghost
“These animals are like ghosts,” says Carlton Ward Jr.—National Geographic explorer, photographer, and 8th generation Floridian—at the beginning of this captivating film that endeavors to keep the Florida Panther from becoming just that: a ghost. As the last big cat surviving in the eastern United States and the state animal of Florida, the panther is an icon of Florida’s ever-diminishing wild places, as revealed in the film’s sumptuous images. Leading a team that includes cowboys, wildlife biologists, photographers/videographers, and a lot of folks who simply care about the future of Florida’s fragile ecology, Ward treks repeatedly into the Everglades and expanses of South Florida to seek, record, and save these ghosts.Read moreLess
“These animals are like ghosts,” says Carlton Ward Jr.—National Geographic explorer, photographer, and 8th generation Floridian—at the beginning of this captivating film that endeavors to keep the Florida Panther from becoming just that: a ghost. As the last big cat surviving in the eastern United States and the state animal of Florida, the panther is an icon of Florida’s ever-diminishing wild places, as revealed in the film’s sumptuous images. Leading a team that includes cowboys, wildlife biologists, photographers/videographers, and a lot of folks who simply care about the future of Florida’s fragile ecology, Ward treks repeatedly into the Everglades and expanses of South Florida to seek, record, and save these ghosts.
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“These animals are like ghosts,” says Carlton Ward Jr.—National Geographic explorer, photographer, and 8th generation Floridian—at the beginning of this captivating film that endeavors to keep the Florida Panther from becoming just that: a ghost. As the last big cat surviving in the eastern United States and the state animal of Florida, the panther is an icon of Florida’s ever-diminishing wild places, as revealed in the film’s sumptuous images. Leading a team that includes cowboys, wildlife biologists, photographers/videographers, and a lot of folks who simply care about the future of Florida’s fragile ecology, Ward treks repeatedly into the Everglades and expanses of South Florida to seek, record, and save these ghosts.
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- Director
- Eric Bendick
- Director of Photography
- Eric Bendick
- Editor
- Eric Bendick
- Producer
- Eric Bendick
- Producer
- Thomas Winston
- Director of Photography
- Danny Schmidt
- Director of Photography
- Katie Bryden
- Director of Photography
- Jeff Reed
- Producer
- Carlton Ward Jr.
- Director of Photography
- Rick Smith
- Director of Photography
- Dawson Dunning
- Editor
- Andrew H. Brown
- Editor
- Jeff Reed
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Winston
- Producer
- Tori Linder
- Director of Photography
- Carlton Ward Jr.
- Original Music Composer
- Kevin Matley
- Writer
- Eric Bendick

Carlton Ward Jr.
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