Birdnesters of Thailand (1991)

Original title

Chasseurs des ténèbres

Directed by

Alain Majani d'Inguimbert, Éric Valli

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

26 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Thailand, skilled climbers risk their lives to collect edible bird nests from dangerous cave walls. The film follows these men as they ascend sheer limestone cliffs and navigate dark caverns to harvest this valuable commodity.

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What happens

Birdnesters of Thailand (French: Chasseurs des ténèbres) is a 1991 French short documentary film directed by Éric Valli. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. In the United States, it aired on TBS National Geographic Explorer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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