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It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south into central Mexico. The documentary film covers Dr Fred Urquhart's interest in monarch butterflies, with perspectives of Urquhart as a child wondering where the butterflies went, his years of research and study into their life and migration, to his time decades-later as a senior scientist looking back at his investigations and discoveries about the insect's life pattern.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Megan FollowsMegan FollowsNarrator
  • Photo of Gordon PinsentGordon PinsentDr Fred Urquhart
  • Photo of Shaun BensonShaun BensonKen Brugger
  • Photo of Patricia PhillipsPatricia PhillipsNorah Urquhart
  • Photo of Sofía SisniegaSofía SisniegaChloe
  • Photo of Stephanie SigmanStephanie SigmanCatalina Aguado
  • Photo of Jayden GreigJayden GreigIce cream boy

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