a presentation to a packed theater allowed her to start shooting the film in earnest. The musical score for the film was the final project by Chris Michie, a Bay area musician who was formerly the guitarist for Van Morrison, before his death from melanoma. The film, which Michie did not live to see released, is dedicated to him. Bittner noted that there is humor in the piece, which he believes makes it different from many other nature documentaries. Awards The film won the Genesis Award for Documentary Film and was nominated for the 2005 Satellite Award for Outstanding Documentary DVD. References External links The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill site for Independent Lens on PBS 2003 films 2003 documentary films Documentary films about San Francisco Documentary films about birds Documentary films about urban animals Parrots Feral parrots Environment of the San Francisco Bay Area Films shot in San Francisco Films set in San Francisco 2000s English-language films