Movie

Emptying the Skies

(en)

star icon

6.0

2015

1h18m

Emptying the Skies

Documentary

Overview: If you want to impress your dining companions in Cyprus, it's not caviar that you order, but ambelopoulia: a tiny songbird. But as this gripping doc reveals, the cost to bring such delicacies to the table is enormous. Bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen takes a break from the world of fiction to guide us through an all too horrifying reality: tens of millions of protected migratory songbirds are illegally killed every year. Franzen, a longtime bird lover, accompanies young staffers of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter on their expeditions. With police enforcement in Southern Europe practically non-existent, they risk their lives to rescue trapped birds, and confront hostile poachers. It's a topic that proves a cultural flashpoint -- the Cypriot landowners cannot understand why a bunch of Italians can tell them what to do on their land.

Status: Released

Release date: April 22, 2015

IMDB:imdb icon

Media

Posters

Backdrops

Videos

images of the specific movieimages of the specific movie

You might also like

Godzilla 1985
star icon

6.0

Godzilla 1985

Lola's Secret
star icon

7.0

Lola's Secret

Fantozzi Against the Wind
star icon

6.0

Fantozzi Against the...

Return to Halloweentown
star icon

6.0

Return to Halloweent...

Return to Horror Hotel
star icon

6.0

Return to Horror Hot...

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
star icon

6.0

Batman: Return of th...

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
star icon

5.0

A Nightmare on Elm S...

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
star icon

6.0

Divers at Work on th...

L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach
star icon

6.0

L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies:...

Main Hoon Na
star icon

6.0

Main Hoon Na

Things to Come
star icon

6.0

Things to Come

Smokey and the Bandit II
star icon

5.0

Smokey and the Bandi...

Friends Jokes
star icon

6.0

Friends Jokes

Judd Apatow: The Return
star icon

6.0

Judd Apatow: The Ret...

The Main Event
star icon

6.0

The Main Event

Nancy Drew
star icon

6.0

Nancy Drew

Fantozzi Still Suffers
star icon

6.0

Fantozzi Still Suffe...

The Three Friends
star icon

6.0

The Three Friends

Bonanza: The Return
star icon

6.0

Bonanza: The Return