Rodney Stotts is one of&nbsp;the&nbsp;few African-American&nbsp;falconers&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;United States, and yet&nbsp;the&nbsp;path to this ancient practice was not an easy flight. Growing up in Washington, DC during&nbsp;the&nbsp;crack epidemic, Rodney lost friends and family to drugs and street violence. He was destined for&nbsp;the&nbsp;same until he joined Earth Conservation Corps, an organization that included inner-city kids to clean-up local rivers and habitats to encourage wildlife restoration. Discovering a love of birds along&nbsp;the&nbsp;way, Rodney overcame his troubled past and racial discrimination to devote himself to&nbsp;the&nbsp;art and sport of&nbsp;falconry.&nbsp; 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. This intimate portrait film follows master falconer Rodney Stotts on his mission to build a bird sanctuary and provide access to nature for his stressed community.

THE FALCONER

Rodney Stotts is on a mission to build a sanctuary for injured birds of prey. A falconer guided by the healing power of nature, Rodney becomes the unlikely hero of a new environmental movement in his stressed Washington DC community.

Join us for this pre-recorded conversation with moderator Gregory McGruder, filmmaker Annie Kaempfer, master falconer Rodney Stotts, ornithologist Corina Newsome, and cast member Akiima Price discussing THE FALCONER at the DC Environmental Film Festival earlier this year.

THE FALCONER - POST FILM Q&A

THE FALCONER & THE FALCONER - POST FILM Q&A

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