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Born In China Film Review + Details about Theatrical Release! #BornInChina #Cars3Event

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Born In China Film Review + Details about Theatrical Release! #BornInChina #Cars3Event

Who doesn’t love pandas? I grew up loving pandas and they’re still my all-time favorite animal. When I found out about this new Disneynature film, Born In China (activity pages here), I knew I had to see more! While in San Francisco for the Cars3Event, I was given the opportunity to screen this new film. I was SO excited and it surely was amazing. 

Born In China will be in theaters on April 21st which is also Earth Day. Here’s a great way to give back: Moviegoers who see Disneynature’s new True Life Adventure film “Born in China” during its opening week (April 21-27, 2017) will benefit the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Based on opening-week attendance, Disneynature, via the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, will make a contribution to the WWF to help protect wild pandas and snow leopards in China.

Born In China Film Review + Details about Theatrical Release! #BornInChina #Cars3Event

Born In China is another fantastic film by Disneynature that truly captures animals up close in their natural habitat. Just like other Disneynature films, Born In China, features several animals in the area that they’re focusing on and then shares facts and narrates it so that you truly feel like you’re there with the animals. This movie is not only educational but it truly draws you in to get to know these animals and get attached to them and their stories. 

Born In China Film Review + Details about Theatrical Release! #BornInChina #Cars3Event

Character: YaYa and MeiMei – Pandas

Born In China Trailer

The narration for this film is done by John Krasinski who truly gives this movie its own personality. There are parts that are serious and then parts that are funny and the narration truly lets you in on all aspects of this film. I loved it from beginning to end!! I also loved it after the end as they showed the making of the movie and what it takes to make a film of this magnitude. You definitely want to go see Born In China in theaters, it is stunning on the big screen and truly draws you in to feel like you’re in China with these amazing creatures. 

“Snow Cha Cha”

About Born In China

Narrated by John Krasinski (“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” NBC’s “The Office,” “Amazon’s “Jack Ryan”), Disneynature’s new True Life Adventure film “Born In China” takes an epic journey into the wilds of China where few people have ever ventured. Following the stories of three animal families, the film transports audiences to some of the most extreme environments on Earth to witness some of the most intimate moments ever captured in a nature film. A doting panda bear mother guides her growing baby as she begins to explore and seek independence. A two-year-old golden monkey who feels displaced by his new baby sister joins up with a group of free-spirited outcasts. And a mother snow leopard—an elusive animal rarely caught on camera—faces the very real drama of raising her two cubs in one of the harshest and most unforgiving environments on the planet. Featuring stunning, never-before-seen imagery, the film navigates China’s vast terrain—from the frigid mountains to the heart of the bamboo forest—on the wings of red-crowned cranes, seamlessly tying the extraordinary tales together. Opening in U.S. theaters on Earth Day 2017, “Born in China” is directed by accomplished Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan, and produced by Disney’s Roy Conli and renowned nature filmmakers Brian Leith and Phil Chapman.  

“Walking Is Hard”

Film Facts:

  • “Born in China” is the seventh theatrical release for Disneynature, the first new Disney-branded film label from The Walt Disney Studios in more than 60 years.  The label was launched in April 2008 to bring the world’s top nature filmmakers together to capture a variety of wildlife subjects and stories.
  • The first six big-screen releases under the Disneynature label—“Earth,” “Oceans,” “African Cats,” “Bears,” “Monkey Kingdom” and “Chimpanzee”—are among the top seven highest grossing feature-length nature films of all time. 
  • Walt Disney was a pioneer in wildlife documentary filmmaking, producing 13 True Life Adventure motion pictures between 1948 and 1960, including “Seal Island” (1948), “Beaver Valley” (1950), “The Living Desert” (1953) and “Jungle Cat” (1958). The films earned eight Academy Awards®. 
Born In China Film Review + Details about Theatrical Release! #BornInChina #Cars3Event

Character: Red-Crowned Cranes

About Disneynature:

Disneynature was launched in April 2008. Its mission is to bring the world’s top nature filmmakers together to share a wide variety of wildlife stories on the big screen in order to engage, inspire and educate theatrical audiences everywhere. Walt Disney was a pioneer in wildlife filmmaking, producing 13 True-Life Adventure motion pictures between 1948 and 1960, which earned eight Academy Awards®. The first six Disneynature films, “Earth,” “Oceans,” “African Cats,” “Chimpanzee,” “Bears” and “Monkey Kingdom” are six of the top seven highest overall grossing feature-length nature films to date, with “Chimpanzee” garnering a record-breaking opening weekend for the genre. Disneynature’s commitment to conservation is a key pillar of the label and the films empower the audience to help make a difference. Through donations tied to opening-week attendance for all six films, Disneynature, through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, has contributed to a host of conservation initiatives. Efforts include planting three million trees in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, established 40,000 acres of marine protected area in The Bahamas, protected 65,000 acres of savanna in Kenya, protected nearly 130,000 acres of wild chimpanzee habitat, cared for chimpanzees and educated 60,000 school children about chimpanzee conservation in the Congo. Additionally, efforts have funded research and restoration grants in U.S. National Parks, supporting conservation projects spanning 400,000 acres of parkland and protecting 75 species of animals and plants, and helped protect monkeys and other endangered species in their natural habitats across Indonesia, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. 

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BORN IN CHINA is rated G and opens in theatres everywhere April 21st!  Remember: Moviegoers who see Disneynature’s new True Life Adventure film “Born in China” during its opening week (April 21-27, 2017) will benefit the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Based on opening-week attendance, Disneynature, via the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, will make a contribution to the WWF to help protect wild pandas and snow leopards in China.

Born In China Film Review + Details about Theatrical Release! #BornInChina #Cars3Event

Character: Red-Crowned Cranes

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Tamra Phelps

Monday 10th of April 2017

This looks like a really good one. It reminds me of some of the old episodes of Walt Disney Presents that aired every Sunday night when I was a kid.

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