Pelican Dreams (2014)
80 min
Sundance-and-Emmy-Award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving (with her first film since the widely acclaimed and loved “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”) follows a wayward California brown pelican from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans’ nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration, and survival challenges of these ancient birds, sometimes referred to as the flying dinosaurs. The film is about wildness, and asks the following questions: how close can we get to a wild animal without taming or harming it? Why do we need wildness in our lives, and how can we protect it? PELICAN DREAMS, stars “Gigi” (for Golden Gate) and Morro (a backyard pelican with an injured wing).
- Release date
- November 7, 2014
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Mark Bittner as Self
- Laura Corsiglia as Self
- Jacky Douglas as Self
- Laurie Harvey as Self
- Monte Merrick as Himelf
- Bill Nicholson as Self
- Dani Nicholson as Self
Crew
- Judy Irving · Director
- Judy Irving · Writer
- Judy Irving · Producer
- Judy Irving · Cinematographer
- Judy Irving · Editor