More about "With Wings to Fly" - The documentary

The story of a champion pigeon racer

Jay Robin Sparrow was an accomplished athlete from a large and loving family. At 18, a car accident left him a quadriplegic. On the brink of suicide, his mother searched for a way to keep his hope and spirit alive. When she got him involved in the highly competitive sport of pigeon racing everything changed. Over the next 20 years, this mother/son team grew into formidable, world renown champions.

• "... one of the outstanding documentaries of the year..." Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Documentary screening committee 
• Screened with Academy Award winners and nominees at the Contemporary Documentary Series, UCLA
• International Documentary Association's DocTober Film Festival
• Awarded Independents in Flight - IFP (Independent Feature Project) International flights
• "Inspiring" Booklist
• "Terrific" School Library Journal
• Fairfax Film Festival
• Housed in the Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Research