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.