The Million Dollar Duck is a 2016 documentary film directed by Brian Golden Davis.
[1] The film follows participants in the Federal Duck Stamp contest as they create and submit work, as well as exploring the wider history and culture of the competition.
[2] Initially the illustration on these stamps were provided by cartoonist Ding Darling, however this was later opened up for public submissions.
Davis told film review website IndieWire “We were talking about it and he said, ‘My stepdad painted a duck.
The Million Dollar Duck won the Audience Award for Documentary Feature and the Jury Award for Documentary Feature at the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival,[5] with the decision statement commenting "artfully shot and edited, with a colorful cast of characters, the film weaves these human stories into the larger picture of how the annual competition has served to create and protect America's many wildlife refuges.