#wildlife-documentary

#wildlife-documentary

Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. But the path to survival is fraught with danger. This heart-expanding Sundance hit introduces audiences to Terry's diminutive patients through breathtaking slow-motion photography and emotional storytelling. Over the course of director Sally Aitken's moving documentary, we become deeply invested in hummingbirds like Cactus, Raisin, Jimmy, and Wasabi, celebrating their tiny victories and lamenting their tragedies.

The narrative of wildlife documentaries often begins with sweeping shots of the African savannah, establishing a familiar, bittersweet cycle of life and death among species.

"It's exciting to see the first in situ [on site] footage of a juvenile colossal and humbling to think that they have no idea that humans exist."