The Film

Lead it Go follows hunter and conservationist (President & CEO of The Peregrine Fund) Chris Parish’s mission to prevent unintentional lead poisoning in wildlife. For more than two decades, Chris has channeled his efforts into recovering raptors and researching reasons for their decline. Through research conducted at The Peregrine Fund, Chris helped discover that lead fragments from bullets in the remains of shot animals left afield are often accidentally eaten by eagles, condors, and other scavengers. 

As a lifelong hunter who’s proud of the role that hunters have played in conservation, Chris co-founded the North American Non-Lead Partnership which works with hunters to voluntarily remove lead from the food chain. His efforts have shown hunters' willingness to participate at the local level, and he is now attempting to spread this message to the broader hunting community. Told through a deer hunt with friend Ben Masters, the 30-minute film aims to showcase hunters taking the lead on an important issue, thus continuing the hunter’s tradition of conservation.

Lead It Go is produced by Fin & Fur Films and premiered on February 23, 2025 at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival and on The Peregrine Fund’s YouTube channel.

 

Press Kit

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Film Festival Acceptance

Waco Independent Film Festival - Waco, TX - July 2024
Crested Butte Film Festival - Crested Butte, CO - September 2024
NatureTrack Film Festival - Goleta, CA - October 2024
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival - Monterrey, Mexico - October 2024
Wild & Scenic Film Festival - Nevada City, CA - February 13–23, 2025
Colorado Environmental Film Festival - Golden, CO - February 20–23, 2025