Winged Migration

The film Winged Migration is about migratory birds. It was nominated for Best Documentry in the recent Academy Awards. However, it lost to Moore's Bowling for Columbine.

It is a beautiful movie. The birds are amazing creatures and the film makers went all over the world to capture spectacular images of birds at flight, at play, in danger and simply doing what God meant for them to do. So my first reaction was simply, wow, aren't those birds neat? Then, you sit there thinking, how the heck did they capture that on film? Well, check out the film's web page and you find out all the gadgets they used to ferry a camera up to the birds. It really was a labor of love to make this movie.

The film is simple in concept but beautifully executed. Factor in the incredible music score and sounds of nature you have an amazing cinematic experience.