Listers is a documentary about two brothers who, basically on a lark, decide to dedicate a full calendar year to birdwatching and compete in the Big Year where birdwatchers attempt to document the most species in the lower 48.
Through stop-motion animation, voice over narration, montage-style editing, talking-head interviews and more classic cinema verité the birding subculture and these two brothers experience with it is explored, with no small amount of beautiful slow-motion shots of birds. It's a hodgepodge of style and technique that come together with a rapturous infectious energy ultimately celebrating birds and birdwatching with a light condemnation on the competitive aspect of the hobby.
Reminiscent in feel if not in tone or content to 2018's exceptional Minding The Gap two young midwestern men set out to make a documentary and the result has the kind of freshness, interest, and innovation that seems more and more rare. An absolute must see.
Fun and borderline transcendent.
Currently streaming on YouTube.
Don't Miss It.
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