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SPECIAL GUEST: Producer/Director Jacques Perrin

Long one of France’s most respected producers and actors, Jacques Perrin has more recently had a highly successful career creating films about nature, including LE PEUPLE SINGE (monkeys) and MICROCOSMOS (insects) and set in exotic locales (HIMALAYA). Now with this film Perrin takes on his greatest challenge yet: exploring the mystery of birds in flight. Five teams of people (more than 450 people, including 17 pilots and 14 cinematographers) were necessary to follow a variety of bird migrations through forty countries and each of the seven continents. wingedmigration2The film covers landscapes that range from the Eiffel Tower and Monument Valley to the remote reaches of the Arctic and the Amazon. All manner of man-made machines were employed, including planes, gliders, helicopters, and balloons, and numerous innovative techniques and ingeniously designed cameras were utilized to allow the filmmakers to fly alongside, above, below and in front of their subjects. The result is a film of staggering beauty that opens one’s eyes to the ineffable wonders of the natural world.

There will be a post-film Q&A with birder/naturalist ROB CULBERT.

“A film that will leave you dreaming about what it would be like to step off the edge of the world and discover you could fly.” -John Pancake, WASHINGTON POST

“The footage … is astonishing both for the beauty of the birds and for its sheer technical brilliance.” -John Powers, L.A. WEEKLY