HBO’s ‘Saving Pelican 895′ To Premiere In Pensacola

April 10, 2011

An HBO documentary about an oil-covered pelican known only as “Pelican 895″ will premiere Monday night in Pensacola.

The HBO Documentary Films presentation “Saving Pelican 895″ will premiere on-screen at the Saenger Theatre for an invitation-only audience. The program will debut on HBO on April 20.

More than 7,000 birds were killed as a result of the April 2010 BP oil spill that spread throughout the Gulf of Mexico. But after three months, cleanup workers at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Louisiana had rescued 894 surviving oiled pelicans. Saving Pelican 895 presents the story of the effort to save the 895th surviving oiled pelican in Louisiana, showing how conservationists, government agencies and wildlife activists joined forces to preserve this one life. The film follows number 895 from his rescue and recovery as an incapacitated juvenile bird with oil-slicked feathers through his ultimate maturation and release back into the wild.

Taylor Brodsky, an Emmy and Peabody Award winner and Oscar nominee, directed Saving Pelican 895.

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2 Responses to “HBO’s ‘Saving Pelican 895′ To Premiere In Pensacola”

  1. Jane on April 11th, 2011 2:05 pm

    Having worked the EXon Valdez wildlife clean-up, I can tell you it is a hard, heartbreaking, extremely rewarding task! Maybe it seems odd to put those words together but when you win one it makes your heart SING, and when you lose one it breaks. But I would do it again in a second! God Bless all those who put their time, effort and hearts into this wildlife clean-up, and the film!

  2. Kay on April 10th, 2011 10:05 am

    I don’t have HBO and will not be able to see it. I have tears in my eyes.
    I hope everyone who gets to go to the saenger has a wonderful time
    and a lot of kleenex. lol

    Thanks to everyone who helps those who for whatever reason can not
    help themselves. What a wonderful project and what wonderful people.

    I wish people who spend their recreational time drinking and doing
    drugs just one time would go do some humanitarian effort somewhere.,
    It would change their life. I really, really believe that.

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