The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Directed by	Judy Irving
Produced by	Judy Irving
Starring	Mark Bittner, Judy Irving (uncredited)
Music by	Chris Michie
Cinematography	Judy Irving
Editing by	Judy Irving
Distributed by	Shadow Distribution Inc.
Release date(s)	February 11, 2005
Running time	83 mins
Country	USA
Language	English
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is a 2005 documentary film about a population of feral parrots- cherry-headed and blue-crowned conures - in San Francisco, and about Mark Bittner, the man who takes care of them. The movie was directed, produced, and edited by Judy Irving. The film is based on a book of the same name, written by Bittner (ISBN 0-609-61055-4). In May 2007 the documentary aired on the award winning PBS series Independent Lens.

[edit] Awards

The movie won the Genesis Award for Documentary Film and was nominated for the 2005 Satellite Award for Outstanding Documentary DVD.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill site for Independent Lens on PBS
• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill at the Internet Movie Database
• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill at Allmovie
• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill at Rotten Tomatoes