Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer
This personal documentary is the story of Teresa Marshall, who grew up on a British Columbia ranch. Every child needs a demon, and Teresa took battle against rattlesnakes. In the dry interior of B.C., the south Okanagan and Similkameen valleys form the bio-region known as Canada's "pocket desert." As settlers' dreams of creating an agricultural Eden erase fragile desert lands that support a breathtaking array of wild species, the narrator and her snake-hunting neighbours are forced to examine their environmental attitudes.
- Year: 1999
- Country: Canada
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: ONF | NFB
- Keyword: endangered species, animal life, environmental perspectives, social and industrial development, ecosystems
- Director: Craig Berggold, Teresa Marshall
- Cast: Teresa Marshall, Carleton MacNaughton, Michael Sarell