The Birdpeople

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Like cineastes, birders live for the eternal, gauzy image imprinted on the mind’s eye in a flickering twinkle. But what of watching the watchers? Using the legendary—and likely extinct—Ivory-billed Woodpecker as an overstuffed touchstone, filmmaker Michael Gitlin makes voyeurism either sublime or absurd. Watch and decide.  RR

Director

Michael Gitlin

Producer

Michael Gitlin

Release Year

2004

Festival Year

2005

Country

United States

Run Time

61 minutes