Review | The Affecting "one Lucky Elephant" Isn't A Nature Story; It's A Family Crisis

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Mon, 06/06/2011 - 7:43am

"I guess I'm not 100% rational about all this," says David Balding, the affable circus owner at the center of Lisa Leeman's affecting documentary "One Lucky Elephant." It's a statement that positions him on the same instinctual level as his exotic pet, Flora, an orphaned African elephant that the Missouri-based ringleader raised from childhood.

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Review | The Affecting "one Lucky Elephant" Isn't A Nature Story; It's A Family Crisis

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