Story
Author and rehabilitator Terry Masear wants to save all the injured hummingbirds in Los Angeles. Terry takes on the most fragile patients in her volunteer hummingbird rescue program, but the path to survival is fraught with uncertainty and drama. In Sally Aitken’s intimate and moving documentary, we interact with Terry’s hummingbird patients, including Cactus, Jimmy, Wasabi, Raisin and Mikhail, celebrating their small victories and lamenting their small tragedies. Through the eyes of America’s most active bird rehabilitator, each bird becomes memorable, powerful and heroic. While tending to injured hummingbirds, Terry finds herself on a transformative journey, revealing a visually captivating and magical story of love, healing, and the subtle beauty of small acts of greatness.
