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2024

Every Little Thing

2024

Every Little Thing

Every Little Thing follows retired writer and teacher Terry Masear over a summer as she takes in and rehabilitates injured hummingbirds. Shot with stunning close-ups of the birds against the backdrop of Masear’s storied life, this film is a mediation on human-animal relationships and our capacity for care.

Director

Sally Aitken

Runtime

93 Minutes

Country

Australia

Classification

Unclassified 15+

On the outskirts of Los Angeles, a retired teacher finds solace and wonder in rehabilitating injured hummingbirds.

For almost twenty years, retired writer and teacher Terry Masear has been running Los Angeles Hummingbird Rescue. From her home in West Hollywood, Terry answers hundreds of calls from concerned LA residents requesting her help with motherless birds, broken wings and malnourishment; traumas that find resonance with Terry’s own life.

In Every Little Thing, Sally Aitken, director of Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story and David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, takes us deep into another side of LA. Inspired by Terry’s book Fastest Things on Wings, this film follows Terry over a season as she rehabilitates these small but feisty beings with names such as Cactus, Jimmy, Alexa and Larry Bird in the hope that they might just make it back into the wild.

This visually stunning film shows how rich a life can be when guided by compassion and care.

“This film about an avian rescuer is a densely layered meditation on love, resilience and letting go.”

The Guardian

“Every Little Thing is not just a deeply affecting portrait — it offers a vision of compassion as a way of life.”

The Hollywood Reporter

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Film Credits

Director

Sally Aitken

Year

2024

Country

Australia

Language

English

Type

Documentary & Feature

Program Strand

Change Award, Guest in attendance, Q&A & World Documentary

Producer

Bettina Dalton p.g.a., Oli Harbottle & Anna Godas

Writer

Sally Aitken

Cinematographer

Nathan Barlow, Dan Freene & Ann Johnson Prum

Editor

Tania Michel Nehme

Music

Caitlin Yeo

Film Source

Umbrella Entertainment

Genre

Documentary, Feel-Good & Nature

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