TWO DAYS ONLY. The ivory-billed woodpecker has long been considered the Holy Grail by diehard birders who refused to believe it went extinct over sixty years ago. When a birder announced in 2004 that the bird had been found in the swamps of Eastern Arkansas, a flood of tourists flocked to the down-and-out Delta, and in a town that had been caught in an economic tailspin, soon local entrepreneurs were opening gift shops and motels to take advantage of the influx of birders. However, all was perhaps not as it appeared...
"An enthusiast's documentary nearly as rare as its very possibly extinct subject." - Slant
"A surprisingly suspenseful tale." - Movie Metropolis
"Scott Crocker has turned a bird-watching tale into a multilayered story that will fascinate practically everybody." - New York Times
With the current rate of species extinction estimated at over 100 times the planet’s evolutionary average, salvation may be too late for more than just the ivory-billed woodpecker. Ghost Bird brings the ivory-bill’s blurry rediscovery into focus, revealing our uneasy relationship with nature and the increasing uncertainty of our place within it... Not rated, 85 minutes. 2009.
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