"Purple Haze: A Conservation Film" Documentary Screening
The Purple Martin Conservation Association will be hosting a documentary film screening at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center on Saturday, September 16th from 6 - 8 PM. Film screening will be followed by a Q & A Session with PMCA Staff!
Purchase your tickets at our online store at www.purplemartin.org/shop/product/haze/purple-haze-documentary-screening-ticket/
Students can attend this documentary screening for free with your student ID but text us by clicking here and let us know you're coming (so we can make more popcorn!).
Purple Haze: A Conservation Film follows one man’s journey chasing America’s favorite backyard bird halfway around the world and back.
After millions of years of evolution, treacherous migrations, and forming a unique relationship with humans, North America’s largest swallow species, the Purple Martin, has managed to become almost completely dependent on man-made nesting structures to nest & rear their young. Captain Zach Steinhauser has taken it upon himself, after spending years guiding folks to North America’s largest Purple Martin roost, to chase these birds across their range to understand exactly how this species put themselves in this position and discover a lost culture of bird-loving enthusiasts across the Purple Martin’s range. Zach’s journey takes him across the western hemisphere from the Great Lakes to the Amazon Rainforest all the way to the Sonoran Desert making unexpected connections at every turn.