Author and rehabilitator Terry Massear wants to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles. Terry cares for the most fragile patients through her volunteer hummingbird rescue, but the path to survival is fraught with uncertainty and drama. In Sally Aitken’s intimate and moving documentary, we enter the lives of Terry’s hummingbird patients—Cactus, Jimmy, Wasabi, Raisin, and Michael—as they celebrate their small victories and mourn their small tragedies. Through the eyes of America’s hardest-working bird rehabilitator, each bird becomes memorable, powerful, and heroic. As she nurses the injured hummingbirds back to health, Terri finds herself on her own journey of transformation, unfolding a visually stunning and magical story of love, healing, and tender beauty in small acts of greatness.
