The Falconer (2020)

This intimate portrait film follows master falconer Rodney Stotts on his mission to build a bird sanctuary and to provide access to nature for his stressed community The Falconer weaves his presentday mission with the story of his past both of which are deeply rooted in issues of social and environmental injustice Stottss worldview in a nutshell nature heals In a forgotten corner of our nations capital he takes the time to break through to those too often dismissed as hard to reach This is a story of second chances for injured birds of prey for an abandoned plot of land for a group of teenagers who have dropped out of high school and for the falconer himself