...from reviews of
"The Chances of the World Changing"...


"This is cinema verité on every scale,
an epic nestled in the eternal moment...
With poetic, luminous images,
The Chances of the World Changing is not just
about turtles...it's a meditation on time
[and] mortality.…"

—Macleans Magazine

“One of those special films
that combines masterful filmmaking with incredibly
engaging subject matter…an enchanting score…
exquisitely photographed.…"

—International Documentary
Magazine


"The Chances of the World Changing" (2006)

The Chances of the World Changing was nominated for a 2007 Film Independent Spirit Award!

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The Chances of the World Changing documents two years in the life of Richard Ogust, a writer whose life curved into strange territory, where he found himself struggling to save hundreds of lives, including his own. A new breed of nature film—about love, death, time, compassion…and turtles.

"Chances" was broadcast nationally beginning in 2007 on P.O.V., PBS’s award-winning documentary showcase.

Please visit TheChancesOfTheWorldChanging.com for more information about the film, including the trailer, festival screenings, broadcast dates, awards, press, press kit, soundtrack, news, director’s statement and full-length synopsis. This film is a co-production with Pigeon Post Pictures.