Director Troy Vetri spoke with Laura Pitcher at Dazed about why so many young people are coming to the bird’s defense. "People have become very aware that this animal is so harmless and gets treated like garbage.” Read the full article here.
A clip from Pigeon Religion of Central Park feeder Nita is featured in Nowness on Pigeon Appreciation Day.
“ 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 Troy Vetri joined the folks at Sleep In Cinema to discuss Pigeon Religion ahead of our Sidewalk Film Festival screening in Birmingham, Alabma. He gets into shooting the film himself, building trust with his characters, and letting the story find its own shape.
