SHORT DOCUMENTARY
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CASE STUDY: The Wood Thrush Connection
Clients/Partners: Climate Listening Project, National Audubon Society, Forsyth Audubon, Audubon International
Across the world, people have been inspired to take action for birds and find solutions to the conservation challenges they face. The Audubon Society’s groundbreaking Birds and Climate Change Report revealed that more than half of North America’s birds are being impacted by climate change.
We partnered with Audubon and the Climate Listening Project to capture the story of the Wood Thrush as told through the people taking action for birds and climate change.
Main objectives:
Educate viewers about the threats of climate change compounded by dwindling habitat
Demonstrate how Audubon scientists and researchers are working across borders toward a full life-cycle approach to conservation
Inspire citizens to take action for the benefit of birds and to increase the resilience of birds adapting to the effects of climate change
When we set out produce a short documentary for the Climate Listening Project about the threats migratory birds are facing because of climate change, it was important to share this story as told through the people taking action for the birds. We focussed on the efforts of Forsyth Audubon’s Wood Thrush Tracking Project to tell the story of the partnership between North Carolina and Belize Audubon and efforts to protect the bird on two continents amid a changing climate.
We followed the migratory path of the Wood Thrush to Belize, where we interviewed field scientists, Audubon members, and residents who related their personal experiences. This inspiring film documents how across the world, people have been inspired to take action for birds and find solutions to the conservation challenges they face.
Producer: Kim Brand
Director: Dayna Reggero
Director of Photography: Andrea Desky
Editor: Andrea Desky
Media:
- Audubon Climate Heroes, Can a Little Bird’s Big-Screen Debut Help Tackle Climate Change
- USA Today, Frequent Flying with the Wood Thrush
- Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine, The Ultimate Endurance Athlete: The Wood Thrush’s Long Journey Home
- Gilligallou Bird Inc., Three Big Screen Birds Films All Birders Should See
- Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture, The Wood Thrush Connection
- Asheville Citizen Times, Frequent Flying with the Wood Thrush
- Ashvegas, The Climate Listening Project Visits Belize
Screenings:
- 2017 Museum of Natural Sciences, Burlington Bird Club and Audubon North Carolina
- 2017 Wood Thrush Connection Screening, People’s Climate Rally
- 2016 Wild & Scenic Film Festival, VIP event hosted by Mountain True
- 2016 Belize Audubon Society, Belize
- 2016 Audubon Society Banquet, Winston-Salem, NC
- 2016 North Carolina Audubon and Forsyth Audubon Society, NC
- 2016 Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society, Highland Brewing Company, NC
- 2017 Official Selection, Boone Film Festival
- 2017 “Best Short Documentary”, Belize International Film Festival
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