Biology Program Presents
Earth Day Event: Showing of ‘The Messenger’
Friday, April 22, 2016
Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center
7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Ornithologists Bruce Robertson (Bard College) and Kara Belinksy (SUNY New Paltz) will introduce this incredible new feature film documentary about the perils birds face in an increasingly human-dominated world, let you view museum specimens of migratory birds close up, and introduce you to bird-friendly coffee! 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
The Movie: Su Rynard’s documentary THE MESSENGER explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. The movie features the first ever close-up photography of migrating songbirds in flight. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the streets of New York, THE MESSENGER brings us face-to-face with a remarkable variety of human-made perils that have devastated thrushes, warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks and many other airborne music-makers.
Reception with food begins at 6:15 p.m. The movie starts at 7:00 p.m.
For more information, call 845-752-2332, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 7:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center