Thank you for being part of the conversation. This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 574 With Naturalist Kris Tompkins From The Film Wild Life WILD LIFE follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love story as wild as the landscapes she dedicated her life to protecting. After falling in love in midlife, Kris and outdoorsman and entrepreneur Doug Tompkins left behind the world of the massively successful outdoor brands they'd helped pioneer -- Patagonia, The North Face and Esprit -- and turned their attention to a visionary effort to create national parks throughout Chile and Argentina via their nonprofit Tompkins Conservation. WILD LIFE chronicles the highs and lows of their journey to affect the largest private land donation in history.

WILD LIFE comes from Oscar®-winning filmmakers Jimmy Chin and his wife Chai Vasarhelyi, the directing team behind Free Solo which took home the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Jimmy and Chai also directed the award-winning film The Rescue, which chronicles the daring rescue of 12 boys and their coach from a cave in Thailand, and they’re currently working on their first scripted feature, Nyad, starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster about Diana Nyad’s historic swim from Cuba to Florida.