Planet Indy Film – The Messenger

DeBoest Lecture Hall
Saturday, April 22 / Noon
$8 Members / $12 Public
(2015, dir. Su Rynard, 99 mins., NR), preceded by Bluebird Man (2014, dir. Neil Paprocki & Matthew Podolsky, 27 mins., NR)

The Messenger explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Su Rynard takes us on an engaging, visually stunning, emotional journey, one that mixes its elegiac message with hopeful notes and unique glances into the influence of songbirds on our own expressions of the soul. On another level, The Messenger is the artful story about the mass depletion of songbirds on multiple continents, and about those who are working to turn the tide. In ancient times humans looked to the flight and songs of birds to protect the future. Today once again, birds have something to tell us.