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Preserved (2025)
Preserved (2025)
Overview
Preserved is a 2025 documentary directed by Benjamin Clark that explores ecological restoration at Ted Turner's 558,000-acre Vermejo Park Reserve in New Mexico. Filmed over 130 days, it documents wildlife reintroduction efforts, including native trout, beaver, elk, and bison, and rare species behaviors, amid regional environmental challenges. The film features conservation experts such as Kris Tompkins and Sophie Gilbert.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Preserved is a 2025 documentary directed by Benjamin Clark that explores ecological restoration at Ted Turner's 558,000-acre Vermejo Park Reserve in New Mexico. Filmed over 130 days, it documents wildlife reintroduction efforts, including native trout, beaver, elk, and bison, and rare species behaviors, amid regional environmental challenges. The film features conservation experts such as Kris Tompkins and Sophie Gilbert.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Benjamin Clark's Preserved embeds over 130 days with conservationists at Ted Turner's Vermejo Reserve to showcase successful large-scale environmental restoration amid climate threats. The filmmaker adopts an optimistic stance, posing whether dedicated human stewardship can heal degraded landscapes and reverse biodiversity loss, aligning with progressive environmental values through its emphasis on collective action against ecological crises.
The documentary incorporates visible diversity through featured Native American and potentially Latino conservation experts. Indigenous histories form part of the narrative on land stewardship, presented alongside positive depictions of environmental efforts without overt critique of traditional identities.
Secondary
The documentary includes peripheral positive depictions of traditional family resilience and intergenerational influences on environmental values, but family structures and norms are not central to the narrative. This marginal focus results in a neutral portrayal without clear endorsement or critique of family models.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the documentary.
No transsexual characters or themes appear in the documentary, which centers on ecosystem restoration at Ted Turner's Vermejo reserve without any related narrative elements.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Preserved documents conservation efforts at Vermejo Park Reserve, featuring interviews with real individuals like Ted Turner and Kris Tompkins portrayed as their actual genders, with no adaptations or alterations of canonical characters.
Preserved documents real-world conservation efforts at Vermejo ranch, featuring interviews with scientists, ranchers, and conservationists rather than fictional or historical characters portrayed by actors. No instances of race swaps occur.
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