This Q&A Preview will leave you humming... Be among the first to experience Australian filmmaker Sally Aitken’s captivating story, Every Little Thing, featuring a conversation with the director following the special advance screening!
Exquisite hummingbirds fill the screen in Sally Aitken’s (Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story, David Stratton: A Cinematic Life) acclaimed documentary about a woman finding herself as she cares for the tiny birds.
Los Angeles resident Terry Masear nurses the many hummingbirds who fall foul of the environment. In nesting season, she takes hundreds of calls from people who’ve found traumatised mothers and chicks. Aitken follows Terry as she goes through her meticulous, time-consuming routine of feeding and grooming her fragile charges. In caring for hummingbirds, Terry finds a graceful way through her own traumas.
The birds’ journey from injury to first flight is breathtakingly captured, revealing their oft-spunky personalities and resilient spirit. With a stunning 94% Rotten Tomatoes score, this is a compassionate and shimmering film that you won't forget.
EVENT DETAILS:
Sunday, February 23 | Palace Moore Park
2:30pm Film Screening | Post-Film Q&A with director Sally Aitken
