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Dominican Rep. Winged Migration
4,673
Documentary
The cameras of Jacques Perrin fly with migratory birds: geese, storks, cranes. The film begins with spring in North America and the migration to the Arctic; the flight is a community event for each species. Once in the Arctic, it's family time: courtship, nests, eggs, fledglings, and first flight. Chicks must soon fly south. Bad weather, hunters, and pollution take their toll. Then, the cameras go south of the Equator; Antarctica is the ... [+]
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The Wall Street Journal | "A magnificent documentary that flies us along with migratory birds on their intercontinental travels, it's the polar opposite of modern feature films that rely on special effects." | POS |
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"It's not the enormous undertaking that impresses so much as the sheer ecstasy of flight and the ability of Perrin's team to catch it." | POS |
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"Intellectually austere but technologically and aesthetically riveting documentary." | POS |
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