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Liberty Wildlife

The Weight of a Feather

Emmy® Award Nominated Documentary Film

We are proud that our documentary film, The Weight of a Feather has been nominated for six Rocky Mountain Emmy® Awards! We’ve been nominated for the following categories:

  • Best Environment / Science Program (long form)
  • Best  Director, Kristin Atwell Ford
  • Best  Photographer, Bill Davis
  • Best  Writer, Kristin Atwell Ford
  • Best  Editor, Bill Davis and Misty Wilson
  • Best  Graphics Arts, Misty Wilson
The Weight of a Feather is narrated by Peter Coyote and produced by the Emmy® award-winning team at Quantum Leap Productions. This film was made possible by the Rob & Melani Walton Foundation and the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. Distribution funding provided by Weese Foundation of Arizona, and other generous supporters.

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

Purchase a DVD of the film now. They make great gifts!

Join the Fun at These Upcoming Film Festivals!

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.

Catalina Film Festival 
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

Ernest Borgnine Theater in Long Beach, CA.

“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.

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 
October 19-29
www.wcff.org
The Weight of a Feather showing: TBD
Cimena Village Theater and other venues
New York, NY

Join us in New York City in October for an exciting festival, featuring wildlife and conservation films from around the world.

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