Photo credit: Daniela Cossali
(Mark Bittner)
Due to an overflow crowd for its last Free Friday
Flicks, the Wildling Art Museum screened The Wild
Parrots of Telegraph Hill, again on February 10, 7 p.m. at
the Museums Administrative Offices, 2948 Nojoqui Street,
Suite 4, in Los Olivos. The film is an 83 minute feature documentary,
produced in 2005, that tells the true story of a Bohemian St. Francis
of Assisi and his amazing relationship with a flock of wild parrots.
Mark Bittner, a homeless street musician living in San Francisco,
adopts the flock as he searches for meaning in his life. He seems
unaware that the wild parrots will bring him everything he needs. The
film celebrates urban wildness (human and avian) and links the
parrots antics to human ones.
The screening was free. The Museum also provides popcorn and
cookies, wine, water, and soft drinks free of charge. For more
information or directions, call 688-1082.