To Teach a Bird to Fly
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To Teach a Bird to Fly
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This experimental nature documentary by Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts depicts climate change and the wave of extinction from the point of view of our near future. Actually, it depicts the age we live in now, or rather its fateful consequences.
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2020-01-28
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