Immersed in the songs of blue jays, yellow-throated warblers, and red-shouldered hawks on his forty-six-acre farm in rural South Carolina, acclaimed poet and ornithologist J. Drew Lanham exchanges calls with the birds that stop over at his home during their seasonal migrations. For Drew, these creatures are gods, transcendent beings who summon a response of reverence. Reverberating with sound, music, light, and ethereal cinematic expression, A Mystical Ornithology weaves a kinetic texture for the senses and invites you into a poetic evocation of the paradox of love and grief within the changing nature of the seasons. Directed by Jeremy Seifert and Benjamin James Roberts Produced by Jeremy Seifert Executive Producer Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Cinematography by Benjamin James Roberts and Jeremy Seifert Editing and Original Score by Benjamin James Roberts Sound, Drone, and Photography by Jeremy Seifert Sound Design and Mix Matthew Mikkelsen Color by Benjamin James Roberts Emergence Magazine New Union Films © 2025 Emergence Magazine Subscribe to Emergence Magazine: Newsletter | Instagram Emergence Magazine is an award-winning magazine and creative production studio that explores the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. www.emergencemagazine.org

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