Wild Inside with filmmaker Penny Lane
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Featuring a post-screening Q&A with director Penny Lane, moderated by film critic Ty Burr.
On February 2, 2023, Flaco—a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world—was discovered missing from his cage at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan. What follows when Flaco, who had lived his entire life in captivity, was released in New York City is a surprising story revealing the delight, concern, and fascination of millions in the city and beyond.
About Penny Lane:
Penny Lane has been making award-winning, innovative nonfiction films for over a decade. This includes six feature documentaries, most recently CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN (Netflix) and LISTENING TO KENNY G (HBO). Her passion is for making unexpected films with big ideas, aiming to make them as entertaining as they are challenging. A Guggenheim Fellow, Lane has received grants and awards from the Sundance Film Festival, Cinereach, Creative Capital, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Film Institute, Wexner Center for the Arts and many others. She has been honored with mid-career retrospectives at the Museum of the Moving Image, San Francisco DocFest, Open City Documentary Festival and Cinema Moderne. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And yes, Penny Lane is her real name.
On February 2, 2023, Flaco—a male Eurasian eagle-owl, the largest species of owl in the world—was discovered missing from his cage at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan. What follows when Flaco, who had lived his entire life in captivity, was released in New York City is a surprising story revealing the delight, concern, and fascination of millions in the city and beyond.
About Penny Lane:
Penny Lane has been making award-winning, innovative nonfiction films for over a decade. This includes six feature documentaries, most recently CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN (Netflix) and LISTENING TO KENNY G (HBO). Her passion is for making unexpected films with big ideas, aiming to make them as entertaining as they are challenging. A Guggenheim Fellow, Lane has received grants and awards from the Sundance Film Festival, Cinereach, Creative Capital, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Film Institute, Wexner Center for the Arts and many others. She has been honored with mid-career retrospectives at the Museum of the Moving Image, San Francisco DocFest, Open City Documentary Festival and Cinema Moderne. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And yes, Penny Lane is her real name.
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