As the tiny migratory songbirds which pass through the Mediterranean for their seasonal migration to Africa are still considered an exotic culinary delicacy, thousands of them are illegally captured and sold to the clandestine nets of a lucrative black market. Inspired by
Jonathan Franzen's 2010 article for the New Yorker, "Emptying the Skies" follows the passionate and dedicated members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter, as they wage war against the multitudes of poachers and their evil contraptions used for trapping and mutilating the inhabitants of the skies. But, can the bird-loving guerrillas change the world's point of view, freeing one little bird at a time?
—Nick Riganas