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Birders: The Central Park Effect
February 19 at 6pm
1 hour 1 minute
Not Rated
Maine Film Center
Maine Film Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville, Maine
Sponsored by the "Thinking With Animals" Public Humanistic Inquiry Lab at Colby College!
Birders: The Central Park Effect reveals the extraordinary array of wild birds who grace Manhattan's celebrated patch of green, and the equally colorful New Yorkers who schedule their lives around the rhythms of migration. Author Jonathan Franzen, an idiosyncratic trombone technician, and a septuagenarian bird-tour leader are among the lively cast of characters in this charming, lyrical documentary that transports the viewer to the dazzling, hidden world of America's most famous park.
"Birders: The Central Park Effect should be a delight for everyone. Bird watchers will find affirmation and even explanation for their avocation. People who can't tell a towhee from a titmouse will still wonder at the beauty of it all."—Nancy DeWolf Smith, Wall Street Journal.
Be sure to stick around after the show for an open discussion with birder commentators from the local area!