Ghost Bird

May 6 2009 Not Rated 1h 25m
Documentary

This documentary chronicles the obsession that overtook bird watchers after a kayaker reported seeing a thought-to-be-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker.

Plot

Ghost Bird is a non-fiction feature about a small town in Arkansas, an extinct giant woodpecker and everybody looking for the Holy Grail of birding - the Ivory-billed woodpecker. Following numerous sightings and its widely announced rediscovery in 2005, the world's best birders have been unable to locate even one "Lord God Bird" after over three years of intensive searching. Ghost Bird examines the meaning of hope, faith and the limits of certainty in the quest to resurrect this lost species...unless, like the Holy Grail itself, the Ivory-bill remains forever out of reach.

Written by

Scott Crocker

Directed by

Scott Crocker

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
133
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA