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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Director: Judy Irving Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Rating: G Release Year: 2003

20th Anniversary release – new 4K Digital Restoration

A homeless musician’s life is transformed after he discovers a flock of wild South American parrots living in San Francisco. How they got there is a mystery, but Mark Bittner forms a bond with the exotic birds through his music and his patient, attentive care. Over time he comes to appreciate their individual identities and makes a case for humans to reevaluate their relationship to animals. When he is forced to leave them, he despairs over the birds’ fate.

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