Expedition Panama
Brief Synopsis
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Special explores the habits of bats and other creatures of the rain forest in Panama. Also tracks innovative research aimed at restoring the rain forest, watches bees communicate the precise location and height of food, scans the canopy of the forest in a crane, enters the world of leaf-cutter ants,
Cast & Crew
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Andrew Liebman
Director
Alan Alda
Jeremy Angier
Animator
John Angier
Executive Producer
John Angier
Producer
John Angier
Writer
Film Details
Also Known As
Scientific American Frontiers (10/08/97)
Genre
Documentary
Nature
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Special explores the habits of bats and other creatures of the rain forest in Panama. Also tracks innovative research aimed at restoring the rain forest, watches bees communicate the precise location and height of food, scans the canopy of the forest in a crane, enters the world of leaf-cutter ants, and learns how the rise of the Isthmus of Panama some 18 million years ago may have prompted the evolution of humans.
Cast
Alan Alda
Crew
Jeremy Angier
Animator
John Angier
Executive Producer
John Angier
Producer
John Angier
Writer
David Berenson
Editor
Joseph Canali
Production Manager
Graham Chedd
Executive Producer
Sean J Eunson
Editor
Sara Finkelstein
Associate Producer
Allison Gleich
Other
Jacinto Gonzales
Production Assistant
Peter Hoving
Photography
Steve Izzi
Sound Mixer
Bill Kenney
On-Line Editor
Andrew Liebman
Photography
Andrew Liebman
Writer
Andrew Liebman
Producer
Sam Mann
Production Assistant
Fernando Javier Marine
Production Assistant
Sean Moyer
Animator
John Osborne
Sound
Martin Rennie
Editor In Chief
Lynda Rivers
Other
Alexander Rodriguez
Production Assistant
Randy Roos
Music
Jed Schwartz
Titles
Beth Shapiro
Production Assistant
Karl Sims
Titles
Michael C Sullivan
Post-Production Supervisor
Film Details
Also Known As
Scientific American Frontiers (10/08/97)
Genre
Documentary
Nature
Release Date
1997
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
