Date Mar 3, 2026 10:30am

Location Acton Town Hall Room 204

Speaker Kim Smith, Documentary Filmmaker

Topic Beauty on the Wing | Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly

Description Experience the inspirational story of a magnificent species found in our own backyards!  Kim will present her award-winning movie filmed 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 egg to caterpillar to adult and set to the background of sea and forest, sun and wind. Movie runtime is 56 minutes followed by Q&A.

Kim Smith is a documentary filmmaker, wildlife conservationist, lecturer, photojournalist, author, illustrator, and an award-winning landscape designer.

Kim’s first film in the threatened species film trilogy, Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly, is a narrated documentary that premiered in August 2020. Since its premier, Beauty on the Wing has received a number of honors and awards at environmental and children’s film festivals.

The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay, the second film in the trilogy, is a feature-length documentary that premiered in September 2024. At the time of this writing, the documentary has been accepted at twenty-two film festivals and received numerous awards.

One of the greatest hopes for our nature documentaries is that they are inspirational and educational to both adults and children and we are delighted that the films are finding their audiences.

Kim was recently interviewed by the BBC and PBS for her work in documenting the Monarch Butterflies. She worked with the show’s producers in writing and creating the story, providing film footage from her film Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly for the BBC produced show “Autumnwatch: New England.”

Acton Town Hall, Room 204 (no Zoom)
Social Time 9:00 am
Business Meeting 9:30 am
Program 10:30 am
Light Refreshments • Bring your own beverage
Hostess: Sunni Raney
Committee: Allison Bakow • Amy Leffler • Mary Martyak • Stephanie Reid