{"id":1351,"date":"2016-05-16T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiaelyelmo.com\/cine\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2016-05-16T17:45:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T17:45:18","slug":"emptying-the-skies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiaelyelmo.com\/cine\/en\/2016\/05\/emptying-the-skies-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Emptying the Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director: <\/strong>Douglas Kass & Roger Kass
\nCountry: <\/strong>USA
\nSite & date of filming:<\/strong>\u00a0Italy, France, Cyprus, Germany, USA (Manhattan). 2013 .
\nDuration: <\/strong>78′<\/p>\n

Based on an essay written by noted best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen for The New Yorker and widely republished around the world, \u2018Emptying the Skies\u2019 chronicles the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe.<\/p>\n

Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, and a number of species face imminent extinction. The film explores the wonder of these tiny globe- flying marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market, and follows an intrepid squad of pan-European birdlovers who risk their lives waging a secret war against poachers, disrupting illegal trapping and freeing as many birds as possible.<\/p>\n

To make \u2018Emptying the Skies\u2019, the filmmakers spent nearly a year in the field, going from mission to mission to confront poachers at critical migration pinch-points in Cyprus, France and Italy. Filming took place in Germany and Manhattan as well.<\/p>\n

Awards:
\n<\/strong>2013 Zelda Penzel Giving Voice To The Voiceless Award
\n2014 Laurissilva Ambassador Award (Madeira Film festival)
\n2015 Wild & Scenic Award \u00abBest in Theme\u00bb<\/p>\n

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