One Lucky Elephant
One Lucky Elephant

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Ten years in the making, ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT follows the poignant journey of circus producer David Balding as he tries to find a nurturing and permanent home for Flora, the 18-year-old African elephant that he rescued as an infant, raised as his "daughter" and made the star of his circus. David's love for Flora is put to the ultimate test when he realizes he made a terrible mistake keeping her as a solo elephant, and decides to retire her from the circus after 17 years of perf... (Full plot summary below)

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Ten years in the making, ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT follows the poignant journey of circus producer David Balding as he tries to find a nurturing and permanent home for Flora, the 18-year-old African elephant that he rescued as an infant, raised as his "daughter" and made the star of his circus. David's love for Flora is put to the ultimate test when he realizes he made a terrible mistake keeping her as a solo elephant, and decides to retire her from the circus after 17 years of performing. Knowing Flora will outlive him, and with his health and finances becoming an issue, David sets off on a quest to find a home for Flora can live freely with other elephants. This complicated task begins with Flora's final circus performance in St. Louis and takes us on an emotional trek across America, then to Africa and back. We follow David's journey as he discovers just how difficult it is to find a proper home for an elephant in a world that reveres these animals for their majesty yet slaughters them for their ivory, adores them as cuddly Dumbos yet brands them "rampaging creatures". ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT raises critical issues about the well-being and future of the hundreds of thousands of endangered and exotic animals kept in captivity, the over development and destruction of their natural habitats, our intense and often damaging relationship with wild animals, and how all these issues have impacted the life of one very lucky elephant.

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Spirituality and Practice - 10/10 by Frederic and Mary Ann BrussatA documentary about Flora a retired circus elephant that turns into a complex and compelling meditation on interspecies relationships; one of the Best Films of 2011.
The A.V. Club - 9/10 by Alison WillmoreOne Lucky Elephant would make an affecting pairing with James Marsh's upcoming "Project Nim," another film about an animal treated like a human until its essential wildness made that impossible.
Newark Star-Ledger - 8/10 by Stephen WhittyIt's really just the story of two friends - one with a black top hat, and the other with a long gray trunk.
Chicago Sun-Times - 8/10 by Roger EbertSimple enough to delight a child and complex enough to baffle a philosopher.
Film Journal International - 8/10 by David NohThis superbly informative, affecting documentary about an undying bond between man and beast may well be the most moving film of 2011.
The Hollywood Reporter - 8/10 by Sheri LindenThe film is an impressive and affecting entry in the growing body of work addressing the effects of keeping wild animals in captivity.
New York Post - 8/10 by V.A. MusettoNext time you go to the circus or zoo, think of sweet Flora.
Village Voice - 8/10 by Melissa AndersonAdmirably, and gently, raises questions about the folly and hubris of a relationship that may only ever be one-sided.
About.com - 8/10 by Jennifer MerinFlora the elephant is quite a crowd pleaser. So is this delightful documentary!
Indiewire - 8/10 by Eric KohnUnlike recent activist documentaries about animal cruelty like "The Cove," Leeman's narrative doesn't feature any real villains. Balding's bond with Flora leaves him in a perpetual state of uncertainty about which possible new home for his elephant would provide the safest habitat.

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