Birds of America
20221h 20m7.2
Documentary
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- France
About
In the first half of the 19th century, the French ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon travelled to America to depict birdlife along the Mississippi River. Audubon was also a gifted painter. His life’s work in the form of the classic book ‘Birds of America’ is an invaluable documentation of both extinct species and an entire world of imagination. During the same period, early industrialisation and the expulsion of indigenous peoples was in full swing. The gorgeous film traces Audubon’s path around the South today. The displaced people’s descendants welcome us and retell history, while the deserted vistas of heavy industry stretch across the horizon. The magnificent, broad images in Jacques Loeuille’s atmospheric, modern adventure reminds us at the same time how little - and yet how much - is left of the nature that Audubon travelled around in. His paintings of the colourful birdlife of the South still belong to the most beautiful things you can imagine.
Where to watch
Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Director
- Jacques Lœuille
- Status
- Released
- Released
- May 25, 2022
- Studio
- mk2 Films, ARTE France Cinéma
If you like this
Microcosmos
19967.6
Dancing with the Birds
20197.8
Koyaanisqatsi
19837.9
Naqoyqatsi
20026.2
Tomorrow
20157.8
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
20217.5
Atlantis
19916.3
An Inconvenient Truth
20066.9
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
20268.0
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
20216.9
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
20097.7
Winged Migration
20017.6
Whispers in the Woods
20257.9
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
20087.3
Explorer: The Last Tepui
20227.5
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
20097.3
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
20227.0
Powaqqatsi
19887.2
Ronaldo
20157.0
Dolphin Reef
20186.8
Similar
Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity
20216.6
Manifesting the Mind: Footprints of the Shaman
20097.0
The Living Forest
19667.0
Entretien politique : Histoire et mode d'emploi
20207.0
Megeti - Africa's Lost Wolf
20169.0
Boteti: The Returning River
20119.5
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
20157.5
So Help Me God
20187.3
Edgar Morin, chronique d'un regard
20156.5
Boredom
20128.0
Running Wild: Australia's Camels
2016
Going to Hell
20196.0
What Killed the Roman Empire?
20227.3
Black Flag: TV Party Target Video
19837.8