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AN AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DINOSAURS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM
(CREATED BY A FATHER AND SON)
Proudly screened worldwide, including:
From prestigious museums and universities, to blockbuster films, video games, and toys--dinosaurs have always fascinated us. But, why?
WHY DINOSAURS? follows dino-obsessed teen James Pinto and his filmmaker father on a journey around the globe, interviewing world-renowned paleontologists about the latest discoveries, digging up 150-million-year-old bones, and encountering dinosaur fanatics of all walks of life.
Together they track down the filmmakers behind Jurassic Park and Jurassic World, see the world’s largest dinosaur toy collection, and attempt to discover why everybody loves dinosaurs!
WATCH ON PBS
In light of funding cuts to American public television, we have donated a 57-minute "broadcast" version of the film. Check your local PBS station schedule, or stream it using the PBS Passport app.
REVIEWS FROM LEADING PALEONTOLOGISTS
"Absolutely phenomenal!"
Dr. Scott Sampson
Paleontologist & Executive Director,
California Academy of Sciences
"Paleontology is a gateway science; it's an opportunity to learn about Science at a young age.
Dr. Lorna O'Brien
Head Technician,
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
"For anyone who ever wanted to be a paleontologist and dig up dinosaurs.”
Dr. Dean Lomax
Paleontologist, Author & Science Communicator
"Even for people like me, there was so much I learned from the film!"
Dr. Philip Currie
Paleontologist, Curator &
University of Alberta Professor
"It shows that dino paleo is more than the researchers, and that there is more to the dinosaur community than paleontology.”
Dr. Thomas Holtz
Paleontologis & Lecturer
University of Maryland
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