Lost Bird Project selected for Montreal fesitval
- January 22, 2012 - by Scott, in Film, with no comments -
The Lost Bird Project has been selected for the prestigious 30th International Festival of Films on Art March 15 – 25, 2012 in Montreal.
Directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Deborah Dickson, produced by Muffie Meyer, who directed the original documentary, Grey Gardens (with the Maysles & Ellen Hovde), and co-produced and shot by Pandau’s Scott Anger, The Lost Bird Project is a documentary about the stories of five birds driven to extinction in modern times and sculptor Todd McGrain’s project to memorialize them. From the tropical swamps of Florida to the rocky coasts of Newfoundland, the film follows McGrain as he searches for the locations where the birds were last seen in the wild and negotiates for permission to install his large bronze sculptures there. The film is an elegy to the five birds and a thoughtful and sometimes humorous look at the artist and his mission. The Lost Bird Project is a film about public art, extinction and memory.
Once, flocks of over 1 billion passenger pigeons darkened the skies for days. By 1900, a 14-year-old boy shot the last one. How did this happen?
Please visit the website to learn more about the film, the award-winning production team and the art project.
Here is the trailer for the film:
