The Falconer

This is the story of Rodney Stotts’ awe-inspiring struggle to provide Washington, D.C.’s underserved youth and endangered raptors with a safe haven for mutual healing and growth. As Rodney mentors a group of 16 to 18-year-olds whom the education system has failed, they will work to build flight cages for eagles on conservation land, a second chance for both the young people and the birds. 

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 Rodney himself. The Falconer weaves Rodney’s present-day mission with the story of his past, both of which are deeply rooted in issues of social and environmental injustice, and consistently orient the viewer to his worldview: nature heals.

A Story of Empowerment through Nature-- watch the trailer: http://www.thefalconerfilm.com/

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Co-hosted with: McKeen Center for the Common Good, Bowdoin Outing Club, Alumni Relations, Bowdoin Sustainability Office, Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching, Cinema Studies, Environmental Studies (OWNER), Education

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