“Among an estimated five million pigeons, these caretakers, hustlers, and flyers have spent years turning birds into athletes, muses, and spiritual lifelines. In an exclusive clip, we meet a woman who engages with New York’s pigeon population as a means of spiritual transcendence, confronting the financial risks of devotion against the quiet defiance of finding beauty in what the world considers trash.”

Director TroyVetri joined the folks at the Alabama radio show Sleep In Cinema to discuss Pigeon Religion ahead of the Sidewalk Film Festival screening on Sunday, August 30th at 4:45 PM at the Lyric Theatre in Birmingham. He gets into shooting the film himself, building trust with his characters, and letting the story find its own shape.