April 10, 2018
The Philippine eagle is a large,
powerful raptor but it may not be large or powerful enough to withstand buzzing
chainsaws that are erasing the old-growth forests it needs to survive. There
are fewer than 800 of these birds remaining in the Philippines.
A new documentary, “Bird of Prey,” is
bringing the story of their conservation to audiences around the world as well
as in the Philippines, spotlighting the efforts of a small but determined group
of people trying to save the eagle. The film is being screened in Ithaca for
the first time as part of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Sunday,
April 15, at 4 p.m. at Cinemapolis in Ithaca.
“Bird of Prey” is the work of
cinematographer Neil Rettig in partnership with the Multimedia Productions
group at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and
Filipino conservationists. The film's vivid imagery takes viewers right
into the eagle’s nest 100 feet aloft or soaring through the remote mountain
patches of forest where the eagle still survives.
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