The stories are illustrated with narrative vignettes depicting these birds at their magical best, inspiring fascination and gentle humour. The film allows us to rethink our relationship with a creature we have previously taken for granted, while at the same time providing a lens by which we look at ourselves. It is the “natural history” for an animal like no other.
Most people best know the chicken from their dinner plates -- whether as thigh, wing or drumstick. Consumers barely pause a moment to consider the bird's many virtues. Filmmaker Mark Lewis expands the frontiers of popular awareness and delightfully reveals that this small, common and seemingly simple animal is as complex and grand as any of Earth's creatures.
