Award-Winning Animator Aurel Readies Culture-Clash Western ‘Desert,’ Offbeat Science Series ‘Animals in a Nutshell’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Filmmaker and editorial cartoonist Aurel will follow up his César-winner “Josep” with “Desert,” an animated Western set in France’s Cevennes mountain range. Arte, ZDF Studios, Cartoon Saloon Win Tributes at Cartoon Forum Pitched between a more traditional oater and an “Indiana Jones” style adventure and set in the late 19th century, “Desert” will follow a Mexico-born gunslinger exploring south-central France with a mysterious mission. Rediscovering his family’s ancestral land centuries after the religious wars forced those kinsmen to flee, our caballero soon steps in to protect a local clan from an oppressive landowner and his abusive henchmen. “We want to bring together two...
The Shocking Reason Arizona Doesn’t Qualify As A “Desert State”
Growing up on the east coast, when someone asked me to envision a desert, Arizona was likely the first image to come to mind. Its place in old western and cowboy movies definitely helped, but with sand and dirt coving the ground and Cacti growing at every square inch, it's hard not to view it as such.
Closer Than You Think, Just 2 States Separate Michigan from America’s Desert Southwest
Sitting in a location surrounded by all the Great Lakes that count and bordering Canada, it would be hard to imagine that a Midwestern state like Michigan would be as close as it is to America's Desert Southwest. (And yes, despite what some people think, Michigan is a Midwestern state.)
Bureau of Land Management lifts seasonal fire, target shooting restrictions in California
The California Desert District is lifting seasonal fire restrictions on Bureau of Land Management public lands in a variety of counties. At midnight on Thursday, Oct. 24, the bureau began allowing campfires and target shooting on its public lands in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, southern Inyo, eastern Mono, San Diego,...
Fencing installed to protect endangered Mojave Desert tortoises from vehicles
Mojave National Preserve officials are continuing their efforts to protect endangered desert tortoises from vehicles with the installation of dozens of miles of roadside "tortoise fencing" in tortoise habitats, officials announced Friday. The 2-foot-tall metal fencing has already been put in place along portions of Cima Road, according to the Preserve. ...