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DESCRIPTION:The evening begins with an optional social hour and pot luck supper at 6:00 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by a discussion at the end 
 of the film.\n\nTHE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL\n\nThis local film tells 
 the true story of a Bohemian St. Francis and his remarkable relationship 
 with a flock of wild red-and-green parrots.  Mark Bittner, a dharma bum, 
 former street musician in San Francisco, falls in with the flock as he 
 searches for meaning in his life, unaware that the wild parrots will bring 
 him everything he needs.  This is a little gem of a movie that deftly 
 combines beautiful photography with a touching story that gains depth as 
 the film progresses.  The comic acting of the parrots and Mark Bittner, 
 their caregiver, bring us an amusing narrative that keeps the film fun and 
 touching,\n\nMark is a gentle soul, homeless, looking for some direction in 
 his life and became inspired by a poem by Gary Snyder to seek the nature 
 around him.  He sees parrots!  This is his story, consorting with wild 
 birds living on their wits in the jungles of San Francisco.  The fact 
 remains that these wild parrots of Telegraph Hill have become neighborhood 
 superstars. And Mark became their biggest fan.  He drifted to San Francisco 
 with dreams of being a musician.  He's quiet, gentle, and has been living 
 off the kindness of friends and strangers for his length of time in the 
 city by the bay.  When we meet him he's been living rent-free for three 
 years in a cottage that's a part of another property.  The owners just 
 couldn't find it in their hearts to tell him to go.  After all, he feeds 
 the wild parrots of Telegraph Hill and that's made him a bit of a celebrity 
 himself. \n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/17/18608638.php
SUMMARY:The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/17/18608638.php
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