"Ghost Bird"
Free Screening
Hosted by Tracy Aviary &
The SLC Film Center
With the United Nation's having declared 2010 International Biodiversity Year, join the award-winning documentary Ghost Bird in helping to protect and raise awareness for the planet's precious biodiversity. Ghost Bird tells the timely story of the Ivory-billed woodpecker's miraculous rediscovery in 2005. The birdʼs resurrection was heralded around the world as proof that conservation efforts on behalf of threatened species were making the critical difference between life and death. While the fate of Ivory-bills remains uncertain, there is no question the vital role local conservation efforts play in reversing the planet's extinction crisis.
Featuring music by The Pixies, The Black Keys, Under Byen, Hazmat Modine, The Black Heart Procession and an original score by Zoë Keating.
Critical Acclaim for Ghost Bird
"This spellbinding documentary takes a small item from recent history-the alleged discovery of the extinct ivory-billed woodpecker near a small, depressed Arkansas town in 2005, and the media and scientific hoopla that ensued-and turns it into a cosmic lament for the forest primeval and manʼs search for environmental redemption." - Critic's Pick! New York Magazine
"Scott Crocker has turned a bird-watching tale into a multilayered story that will fascinate practically everybody in "Ghost Bird," a witty, wistful documentary about the supposed rediscovery in Arkansas of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird thought to have been extinct for decades." - The New York Times
Salt Lake City Library
September 28th - 7:00 pm
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Ghost bird Image provided for use by Tracy Aviary
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