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Emptying the Skies

Documentary
2015, 1h 18min
If you want to impress your dining companions in Cyprus, it's not caviar that you order, but ambelopoulia: a tiny songbird. But as this gripping doc reveals, the cost to bring such delicacies to the table is enormous. Bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen takes a break from the world of fiction to guide us through an all too horrifying reality: tens of millions of protected migratory songbirds are illegally killed every year. Franzen, a longtime bird lover, accompanies young staffers of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter on their expeditions. With police enforcement in Southern Europe practically non-existent, they risk their lives to rescue trapped birds, and confront hostile poachers. It's a topic that proves a cultural flashpoint -- the Cypriot landowners cannot understand why a bunch of Italians can tell them what to do on their land.
Country: United States
Directors:
Roger Kass,
Doug Kass

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Roger Kass
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Doug Kass
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Exposing the dark truth behind the illegal slaughter of migratory songbirds in southern Europe, this documentary takes viewers on a thrilling journey with a group of courageous birdlovers as they risk their lives to disrupt poaching and free captured birds. Based on an essay by bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen, this film sheds light on a culture clash between bird conservationists and poachers, raising questions about the true cost of our food choices.

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Emptying the Skies was released in theaters on April 22, 2015.

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