BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (WECT) – Documentary filmmaker Robert Ford is from London, but he’s always had a fondness for a plant that grows across the Atlantic Ocean in Southeastern North Carolina.
“I have been fascinated by the Venus flytrap for many years, since childhood, like many children, but I didn’t outgrow it,” Ford said. “I just think they’re the most amazing, most fascinating plant, and I really want to celebrate them on the screen.”
Ford has produced and won awards for several documentary films, like The Deepest Breath, Rising Phoenix, and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, but his next project, Flytrap Town, is a departure from those projects…