Award-Winning 'Elk in America' Documentary Comes to DVD

Janson Media today announced the worldwide DVD release of Elk in America (1 x 60'). This international award-winning documentary which was recently released to television markets, captures the life cycle of elk amidst the unforgettable images of the Rocky Mountains. Filmed over three years by renowned, wildlife cinematographer, Gary W. Griffen for Griffen Productions, the superb images and original soundtrack will immerse you in the elk"s natural environment.

Narrated by actor Stacy Keach, Elk in America provides the viewer with a better understanding of when elk came to North America, their mystical relationship with Native Americans and their drastic decline when settlers spread westward. Produced by Griffen Productions, the same team that brought you The Secret Life of Whitetails, Elk in America is the winner of a Gold Remi Award for Outstanding Cinematography in 2007.

Forty thousand years ago elk crossed an ancient land bridge from Asia to Alaska and slowly migrated south with the melting glaciers. Once, six subspecies of elk roamed over most of North America. Their original range extended farther than any other member of the deer family. And naturalist, Earnest Thompson Seton estimated that there may have been ten million elk distributed across the continent in pre-colonial times. However, by the early 1900&'²s, market hunting and the loss of habitat had reduced herds to less than 100,000. Today, through restoration and conservation programs, elk are slowly returning to much of their former range. Today, elk have even been re-introduced into eastern states, like Kentucky and Tennessee, where herds now roam freely for the first time in more than 150 years. In western states herds have increased in number, especially in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

Witness rare footage of a cow giving birth in secluded mountain meadow. Follow the mother elk and her calf as they encounter the perils of dangerous predators and raging rivers. Enter the mysterious world of a bull elk in early autumn. Listen to his haunting bugles and watch him fight for the breeding rights to a large harem of cows. Follow herds on their annual migration to lower elevations where thousands of elk gather in winter. Experience the drama when a pack of hungry wolves confronts a herd of adult bulls.

Griffen Productions produces wildlife documentaries about the life cycles and behavior of whitetails, turkeys, pheasants and moose. Each film requires nearly three years of painstaking work and patience to complete, in a painstaking effort to capture animal behavior in the wild on film.

ELK IN AMERICA DVD LENGTH: 60 Minutes MSRP: $$24.95 CATALOG #: 20530 UPC #: 6-4603205309-8 ISBN #: 1-56839-453-5 RELEASE YEAR: 2012 PRODUCER: Griffen Productions Street Date: February 5th, 2013