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This film portrait of Douglas—an environmentalist before his time—encourages today’s audience to explore the natural world and to better appreciate how one person’s efforts can make a difference.

In this tale of adventure and discovery, Finding David Douglas captures the compelling story of David Douglas’s remarkable life.

The multi-national production team follows the intrepid 19th century Scots botanist/explorer from his native Scotland to North America and beyond. Tap his roots in Scotland and England; trek along through Oregon, Washington, California and British Columbia; sweep across the Canadian Rockies to remote York Factory on Hudson Bay; and ponder his mysterious final destination on the Big Island of Hawaii.

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All the sweeping landscapes that David Douglas saw... come alive in this beautiful film.
Jack Nisbet, Author of The Collector and David Douglas, A Naturalist at Work

It is a fitting tribute to one of Britain’s greatest plant hunters and travellers.
Roy Lancaster, Plantsman, Author, Hampshire, England

A first rate documentary that is both vivid and compelling.
Nanette Napolean, Historian, Author, Kailua, Hawaii



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