[Oagdu] Pick of the Litter - coming to Theatres

[Deanna Lewis]

Hi all,
Just sharing this in case you did not see it on the GDB Facebook page. For those who have not heard of it, Pick of the Litter is a documentary that follows a litter of Guide Dogs for the Blind puppies from birth up until the graduate or are career changed. I had the opportunity to see it at a Film Festival in Detroit in April, and it's  truly wonderful. It's a great insight into how these wonderful dogs become guides and so much more! 

Pick of the Litter will open in theaters August 31st, so we are excited to share the new theatrical trailer with you! We will be announcing more information about theater showings at a later date, so stay tuned. The full trailer is embedded in the article linked below from Fandango.

Video description: A Sundance Selects logo and more than a dozen audience award graphics appear on the screen before the start of the trailer. The trailer starts with a scene of a handler working a guide dog and text overlay reads, “In the competition to become a Guide Dog for the Blind.” Various scenes show the litter of puppies being born.
A man is shown traveling with his cane and text reads, “Getting it right is a matter of life and death.”  A guide dog is shown working and then the film cuts to scenes of cars driving. A text slide reads, “These five puppies.” The puppies are each shown with their name written on the screen. Another text slide reads, “Will train for 20 months.”  Various clips show the puppy raisers interacting with their puppies in training. A text slide reads, “But only the best.” Various scenes of puppies are shown and then a text slide reads, “Will make the cut.” More young puppies are shown followed by scenes of one of the puppies in training snarling and displaying bad behavior. We are shown various scenes of the puppies in training doing obedience and training work, some do it correctly while others struggle. There is a mix of scenes of the dogs during formal training and being trained at a younger age by their puppy raisers. There are more scenes of an instructor working the dogs followed by a scene of someone using a cane to travel. There are scenes of the puppy raisers waiting to find out if their dogs have passed and then individual scenes of each dog as a text slide appears which reads, “Pick of the Litter.” The trailer ends with a raiser hugging one of the dogs. The trailer credits appear on a text slide.

https://www.fandango.com/movie-news/watch-exclusive-pick-of-the-litter-trailer-753268


Deanna and Mambo