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Animal Rescue Gives Couple New Purpose in ‘Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story’

Charlie Hamilton James’ heartwarming documentary debuted at SXSW and will hit National Geographic on May 6.

“Molly came into our life when we needed her most, and she opened our eyes again,” Susan Mail says at one point in the trailer as she and Billy are shown playing with and feeding their lovable, yet unlikely friend. Shot in 4K, the trailer also reveals the wild and spectacular nature of the Shetland islands as varied sea life and migratory birds come to feed along its ragged shorelines. Scottish composer Erland Cooper’s soaring score for the documentary hints at the end of the trailer that Billy and Molly have to part ways as the noble otter is seen to freely swim again in wild nature.

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