THE FILM
For the past two years I have been documenting the men and women who continue to race homing pigeons in New York City. It’s a tradition that’s been passed down from generation to generation in the city for over a century. But every year, the community grows smaller and it’s likely that pigeon racing will disappear completely in the coming years.
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I loved this book. There’s a lot of good stuff in it and it definitely should be in your pigeon library. As we got used already, Ad comes with intriguing stuff on the pigeon racing sport and everything has a bit of fun which makes the lecture a real pleasure.

I couldn’t find the Table of Contents online when I was trying to buy the book so, here it is, you might want to know this first:
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Marathon In The Sky is a wonderful documentary about the racing pigeons sport, made by Jim Jenner. The aerial scenes when the pigeons are filmed during their way home are stunning! Since it was released in 1990, I wonder if Mr. Jim Jenner might think about a new documentary or even about a movie. The filming technique and all the technology that appeared in the last 15 years would help him create a masterpiece.

Jack (Bob Hoskins) faces a time of loss and depression after his wife dies. A ray of sunshine appears in his life with his new neighbor, Florrie, a little girl that wants to learn about Jack’s racing pigeons. When she moves next door, she discovers Jack’s neglected racing pigeons and by visiting his loft often, she renews his own love for the birds. The pigeons also become fascinating for a young guy with an uncertain future on the streets.
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I saw this movie when I was a kid and it went straight to my heart. It’s a masterpiece for us, the fanciers. It’s about discovering the pigeon hobby at an early age, it’s about life. Why don’t we have such movies nowadays? The current technology could produce wonderful movies about racing pigeons, and nope, I don’t talk about documentaries, but movies for the general audience. Everybody says that this hobby is going to die, but we don’t do anything about that. Is it all about money? Is it all about pigeon auctions, about champion pigeons sold for thousands, are these the things we felt in love with when we were kids? I don’t think so. It’s pretty sad actually.
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