Plot

A year-in-the-life journey through endangered species recovery, this beautifully shot film follows passionate field biologist Joseph Brandt to reveal the realities of bringing the iconic California condor back from the brink of extinction. Filmed in the rugged California habitat of the condor, the film interweaves scenes of the extreme lengths that biologists will take to reestablish a self-sustaining wild condor population with insights from conservations, scientists, zoo keepers and hunters to explore the dilemma of the very first recovery program to be executed after the passage of the Endangered Species Act. It's a mission tasked to biologists but fundamentally wrapped up in public policy - revealing the true challenge of environmental sustainability - that place where human preferences clash with the goal of renewal.—Anonymous

A beautiful and moving story of endangered species recovery, The Condor's Shadow profiles the ongoing challenge of recovering the iconic California condor. Set in the rugged back country of Southern California it's an environmental film with the compelling beauty of a wildlife story. The film features a larger-than-life biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Joseph Brandt. and a bold and feisty condor named Pitahsi. Together they reveal the passion required to recover a species nearly lost to extinction.—Anonymous