Many years ago, Brooklyn had a thriving community of rooftop pigeon breeders. Today the hobby is on the wane, but there is still a small group who continues the tradition, some of them flying huge stocks of over 1,500 birds. Through interviews with many of the city's longtime pigeon fanciers, we are able to explore the lives of these true Brooklyn characters, their relationships with each other, and the ever-changing neighborhoods in which they live and fly.
Above Brooklyn premiered in 2009 to a sold-out audience at the Rooftop Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York, and has screened at Anthology Film Archives, the Crown Heights Film Festival, and Prescreen. It has been featured in several film blogs including the L Magazine Film Blog, Frontier Psychiatrist, and The Artswire.
Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited by Heather Spilkin