documentary Nature | Wildlife DOVES AND ... - Interspot Film
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<strong>documentary</strong><br />
<strong>Nature</strong> | <strong>Wildlife</strong><br />
<strong>DOVES</strong> <strong>AND</strong> PIGEONS<br />
peace symbol and urban pest<br />
knows pigeons, but nobody knows anything<br />
about them. Actually, pigeons have unique biological<br />
characteristics: they have rendered remarkable services to<br />
humans, and they have wisely chosen our cities as their habitat.<br />
“Doves and Pigeons” intends to highlight and make us understand<br />
aspects of a pigeon’s life.<br />
AUSTRIA’S TOP FILM <strong>AND</strong> TV PRODUCERS OF WILDLIFE MOVIES<br />
length<br />
50 minutes<br />
director<br />
karl königsberger<br />
year<br />
2001<br />
format<br />
betadigital 16:9<br />
version<br />
english and german<br />
completed
<strong>documentary</strong><br />
<strong>Nature</strong> | <strong>Wildlife</strong><br />
<strong>DOVES</strong> <strong>AND</strong> PIGEONS<br />
peace symbol and urban pest<br />
Where you see doves, there’s peace and freedom, sanctity and love, Schlaraffia and Home<br />
Sweet Home, the rooftops of old towns and the concrete waste of new cities. Pigeons<br />
are our oldest poultry, and ever since they were domesticated, people couldn’t keep their<br />
hands off them. Hundreds of man-bred strains reflect human desires, dreams and obsessions<br />
across six millennia. Pigeon history is human history, and it shows our own development from<br />
a particular angle – the bird’s-eye view.<br />
The 50-minute <strong>documentary</strong> demonstrates not just the abundance of varieties and specific<br />
behaviours of this very interesting species, but also discusses the many aspects of the relationship<br />
between humans and animals.<br />
It tells how messenger pigeons were successfully deployed in the two world wars, talks of the<br />
doping of racing pigeons at international competitions, analyses their extraordinary powers<br />
of orientation and navigation, and explains why pigeons have been able to thrive in all civilisations<br />
because of their modest needs and adaptability.<br />
Open season on pigeons: known as “rats of the air”, they are perceived as an urban problem.<br />
They carry diseases, and they cause considerable damage to buildings. And yet there are<br />
countless pigeon lovers who continue to feed them in the teeth of bans and prohibitions. And<br />
after all: what would St. Mark’s Square in Venice be without pigeons?<br />
“Doves and Pigeons” shows all these aspects and more, set in an audience-friendly storyline:<br />
it shows how two rock doves meet, make love, breed their young and find back to their nest<br />
after flying for miles in search of food.<br />
By identifying with the two pigeons, the audience can understand the full implications of<br />
pigeons as a singular natural as well as cultural phenomenon. Emotions alternate with pertinent<br />
information to form an exciting as well as touching.<br />
For further information please contact<br />
HEINRICH MAYER<br />
<strong>Interspot</strong> <strong>Film</strong>-Ges.m.b.H<br />
A-1230 Vienna<br />
Walter-Jurmann-Gasse 4<br />
phone: + 43 1 | 80 120-420<br />
fax: + 43 1 | 80 120-222<br />
e-mail: mayer@interspot.at<br />
www.interspot.at<br />
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canada international
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