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Encore! Originally aired January 8

Wednesday, January 13 | 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM CST (8:00 PM – 10:30 PM EST)

Duration: 115 min

Director(s): Doug Kass and Roger Kass

Producer(s): Roger Kass

Editor(s): Michael Levine

Executive Producer(s): Jonathan Franzen and Andrea van Beuren

Short Description: Based on a widely republished New Yorker essay by best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen, Emptying the Skies exposes the rampant poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe. Songbird populations have been drastically declining for several decades, with a number of species facing imminent extinction. This poignant documentary explores the wonder of these tiny globe-trekking marvels, millions of which are unlawfully slaughtered each year for large sums on the black market, and follows the intrepid squad of pan-European bird-lovers waging a secret war against poachers, disrupting illegal trapping to free as many as possible. Embedding the filmmakers with their activist subjects, this year-long undertaking transports viewers right onto the front lines as poachers are confronted at critical migration pinch-points in Cyprus, France and Italy. A moving call to arms, Emptying the Skies chronicles a devastating environmental tragedy and the valiant journey of those risking their lives to stop it.

Year of Completion: 2013
Country of Production: USA

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