Short films made in the field, for classrooms, hospital rooms, and kitchen tables. No booking, no login, no waiting.
New films monthly 3–8 minutes each Filmed in Santa Rosa
Every one is a few minutes long — short enough for a class period, a waiting room, or a bedtime.
What a giraffe does at dusk, and why lying down is the risky option.
Every stripe pattern is unique — and it isn’t camouflage the way you were taught.
Who leads, who follows, and how a herd keeps the youngest one safe.
Mostly nothing — and there’s a very good reason for that.
Six a.m. to dark, from the person who knows every animal by name.
What wakes up when the sun goes down, and how we film in the dark.
New films every month.
Subscribe and never miss oneWe film for a child in a hospital bed — one kid, one screen, nobody explaining anything over the top of it. That’s exactly why the same film holds up in a classroom, a waiting room, or a living room at 9pm.
Where these get playedShort enough to finish before the next round of checks, and calm enough to watch lying down.
Nothing to license, install or budget for. Put it on the board, then pick up the conversation after.
Something worth a family’s attention while they wait, instead of whatever happens to be on the wall TV.
The same film on a phone, on the evening a kid finally asks the question and nobody has the words ready.
Played one to a child?
Tell us what happenedWatching is free and always will be. When you’re ready to do more, here are the three doors.
A visit to the ranch, hosted start to finish, at no cost to the family.
For nurses, teachers, parents Nominate a child 02We go live into your ward, classroom, or day room — and the kids ask the questions.
For hospitals, schools, care facilities Request a broadcast 03Every film, visit, and broadcast is paid for by people who’ll never be in the room.
For anyone who watched one DonateTeachers, nurses, and parents ask us the same eight things. Here they are, answered plainly.
[Say YES plainly and up front if it is yes, then any conditions. State whether permission is needed, whether it can be shown to a whole class or ward, and whether it can be used commercially. This is the question that unlocks every other use — do not bury the answer in qualifiers.]
[State honestly whether captions exist, whether they are auto-generated or reviewed, and whether Spanish captions are available. If they are not captioned yet, say so and say when — see the note about this in chat, it is a real gap.]
[Whether offline copies can be provided and how to ask. Hospital and school networks often block YouTube outright, so this is a practical blocker, not a nice-to-have.]
[The age range the films are pitched at, and whether any are aimed at older or younger viewers specifically. Give an actual range.]
[Whether the films map to NGSS or California science standards, and whether any teaching materials exist alongside them. If nothing is mapped yet, say that rather than implying it.]
[Answer this one exactly. Say which footage is filmed at Sonoma Savanna with your own animals, and flag plainly if any archival or licensed footage is used. Being straight here is the whole basis of trusting the rest of the page.]
[Whether requests are welcome, where to send them, and whether a class or ward can request something for a specific date. Say yes if it is yes — this turns viewers into participants.]
[Confirm the real cadence. The hero and the subscribe band both promise one new film a month — if that is not the actual pace, change all three, not just this one.]
Something we haven’t covered?
Email us and we’ll answerSubscribe once and the next one finds you. No email list, no account to make — just a new short film waiting when you need one.
Always free · No ads on our films
