The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)

Directed by

Judy Irving

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a musician in San Francisco who cares for a flock of wild parrots. It shows his daily life and bond with the birds in his neighborhood.

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What happens

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is a 2003 documentary film directed, produced, and edited by Judy Irving. It chronicles the relationship between Mark Bittner, an unemployed musician who lives rent-free in a cabin in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, and a flock of feral parrots that he feeds and looks after. Bittner also wrote a memoir about his experiences with the parrots, which shares the title of the documentary, but has the added subtitle: A Love Story...with Wings. In May 2007, the documentary aired on the PBS series Independent Lens. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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