Animal Planet will premiere the film, “The Million Dollar Duck,” on Wednesday, September 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT as part of “Animal Planet Presents,” the network’s programming event featuring the best of films from top filmmakers that explores a wide range of topics that include animal rights, conservation and animal welfare.
“The Million Dollar Duck” features the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, which is the only juried art competition run by the U.S. government.
Six artists will compete for the prize. Directed by Brian Golden Davis, “The Million Dollar Duck” received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Jury Award for Documentary Feature at the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival.
The Federal Duck Stamp Contest is among the most successful conservation tools ever created, simultaneously creating a uniquely American event brimming with talent, ego, art, controversy, big money and migratory waterfowl. Following wildlife artists turned competitors who strive to win “the Olympics of wildlife art”, “The Million Dollar Duck, brings to life the highly competitive contest as one by one each artist is eliminated, leaving a winner whose life will be forever changed.
Check out a trailer below:
