Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

About Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly is a 56-minute narrated film that unfolds along the shores of Cape Ann and in the heart of Mexico’s forested volcanic mountains. Every stage of the butterfly’s life cycle is experienced in vibrant close-up, from mating to egg to caterpillar to adult, and set against the backdrop of sea and forest, sun and wind.

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly (2020) is a documentary film directed by Kim Smith. Kim Smith plays Narrator.

Released in August 2020, it runs 56 minutes. Written by Kim Smith.

Members will find nature documentary, nature, butterfly, and animal migration in it. It streams on PBS and WETA+ in the United States.

Microcosmos, Growing Up Wild, and Flyways: The Untold Journey of Migratory Shorebirds make useful companions to Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, all filed under documentary.