The film has shown at numerous film festivals nationwide!
Worldwide Women’s Film Festival
March 8-10, 2024
www.wcff.org
The Weight of a Feather
Harkins Shea 14
7354 E. Shea Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
This festival celebrates women in film. Qualified films have women in at least one key creative role: Writer, Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Composer, or other significant key role.
Of course, The Weight of a Feather was produced, directed, written, edited, and graphic designed by women! And the film features Liberty Wildlife, an organization founded and led by women in nearly all key roles!
Chandler International Film Festival – WINNER: Best Native American Film!
January 19-28, 2024
https://www.chandlerfilmfestival.com
The Weight of a Feather showed Thursday, January 25th
Chandler, AZ
WINNER: Best Native American Film!
The festival, held January 19-28 in Chandler, Arizona, screened more than 125 films in a wide variety of categories. In addition to educational filmmaking workshops, discussion panels, and celebrity appearances, the closing night awards ceremony saw The Weight of a Feather take home the 2024 award for Best Native American Film!
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
Multiple Dates/Locations:
December 1-30, Virtual Program (access to over 100 films!)
January 16-23, Naples, FL
November 13-15, Boston, MA
www.wcff.org
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the festival was restructured to multiple locations, and multiple dates. However, the expanded access to a much larger virtual audience across the country and around the world. This exciting festival featured wildlife and conservation films from around the world.
Catalina Film Festival – WINNER: Best Conservation Film 2023!
September 20-24
https://catalinafilm.org/tickets/
The Weight of a Feather showing:
September 20th at 10:30am – 12:30pm,
Ernest Borgnine Theater
Long Beach, CA
WINNER: Best Conservation Film 2023!
“The Weight of a Feather” will be shown in the Ernest Borgnine Theater in Long Beach, CA on September 20th, as part of the Catalina Film Festival.
Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival
September 8-10
https://www.jeromefilmfestival.com
The Weight of a Feather showing:
September 9th at 4:00pm
Spook Hall
Jerome, AZ
The historic mining ghost town will be the setting for the Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival from September 8-10.
We are pleased that the documentary film, The Weight of a Feather, and the amazing production team at Quantum Leap Productions, received four (4) Rocky Mountain Emmy® Awards on November 4, 2023!
- Best Environment / Science Program (long form)
- Best Writer, Kristin Atwell Ford
- Best Editor, Bill Davis and Misty Wilson
- Best Graphics Arts, Misty Wilson
Film Synopsis
Wildlife reveals how all living beings are connected. In Arizona, Liberty Wildlife is a wildlife rehabilitation, education, and conservation center that benefits animals and people. To accomplish its goals, Liberty Wildlife works in concert with state and federal agencies, local municipalities, utilities, and other non-profits to ensure the survival of wildlife in the urban interface and throughout the region. These symbiotic relationships nourish animals, humans, and the place we call home.
The Weight of a Feather also tells the story of the Liberty Wildlife Non-Eagle Feather Repository. This unique program provides feathers to Native Americans for use in ceremony. Personal stories illuminate how the feather repository preserves Indigenous cultural identity and protects birds. This is an uplifting film about how animals teach us to live compassionate, vibrant, resilient lives.
Watch the Film Now (for a limited time)
You can watch the entire film on PBS Passport or HERE on our website now for a limited time (for a “pay-what-you-can” donation).
Buy Your Own Copy of the Film
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