Rare Bird

As rare a doc as its rare bird subject, this film is treat. I can think of no way it can be improved and so give it a "10". It's simply beautiful - in story, in photography, in the editing and presenting of the story of the discovery of the Cahow (the Bermuda Petrel) thought to be extinct since 1620. RARE BIRD is the story of that little bird and the people who "discovered" it and are working for its preservation, the seemingly tireless efforts of finding nest burrows, building nests, then relocating chicks to a safer island in the Bermuda group.

It's a lovely film, heartwarming and rewarding --- I hope it gets widely seen in other festivals (I saw it today at the Santa Barbara Int. Film Festival) and that it gets a distributor --- and becomes available in theaters and also as a DVD. I'd like to see it again - and own a copy of the DVD (and I rarely buy DVDs) — the film is that good, showing the good that people can do sometimes against seemingly impossible odds.