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Emptying the Skies (2015)

If you want to impress your dining companions in Cyprus, it's not caviar that you order, but ambelopoulia: a tiny songbird. But as this gripping doc reveals, the cost to bring such delicacies to the table is enormous. Bestselling novelist Jonathan Franzen takes a break from the world of fiction to guide us through an all too horrifying reality: tens of millions of protected migratory songbirds are illegally killed every year. Franzen, a longtime bird lover, accompanies young staffers of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter on their expeditions. With police enforcement in Southern Europe practically non-existent, they risk their lives to rescue trapped birds, and confront hostile poachers. It's a topic that proves a cultural flashpoint -- the Cypriot landowners cannot understand why a bunch of Italians can tell them what to do on their land.

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John B 24 Mar 2016

A heartbreaking tale of the hunting of songbirds in Cyprus and across Southern Europe. There is an added element of cruelty to the way that the little fellows are caught is part of the overall tragedy. A sad tale.

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Louis Proyect 04 Dec 2015

A thrilling action drama, not about CIA agents or Mafia gangsters, but about bird lovers putting their lives on the line to prevent poachers from "emptying the skies".

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brockcheese 25 Apr 2015

A very thought provoking documentary that questions the very nature of the speciesist hierarchy. While at times the filmmaking can get in the way of the story, there is some impressive footage shown that emphasizes the importance of animals.

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Amy Brady 21 Apr 2015

Emptying the Skies performs a grand and aching love by telling its story with a power that enrages.

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J. R. Jones 02 Feb 2015

The documentary is too prosaic to capture that ecstatic experience, but it provides some interesting detail on the different methods used to trap birds and the harassment faced by the CABS people.

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