Whirlybird

[Adam Bowie]

BBC Four here in the UK, this week aired an interesting documentary that I think was first released at Sundance last year. Whirlybird is the story of Zoey Tur (previously Bob) and Marika Gerrard, and their helicopter reporting business.

I'm sure that some of our LA based members may know Bob's work which includes coverage of the LA riots following the Rodney King beating, and the OJ car chase. The documentary is a portrait of the people as much as anything but the makers have full access to the full archive of tapes they shot, including lots of rushes that never made it to air. 

I don't know where it'll have shown up on US TV, although there's an A&E Television copyright credit on it, but it is so much better than that awful Netflix reality series from a couple of years ago following LA stringers.

Worth checking out.

Adam

[Bob Jersey]

Nothing on a possible US outlet from the places I frequent, and none listed besides what Adam mentioned on IMDb.  B

Adam Bowie, Feb 20th:

[Doug Eastick]

Tur is the (former gender) father  to Katy Tur of MSNBC.

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[Adam Bowie]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 7:57 PM Doug Eastick <eas...@mcd.on.ca> wrote:

Tur is the (former gender) father  to Katy Tur of MSNBC.

She's in the documentary quite a bit herself, since her father recorded their childhood with the same broadcast-quality cameras that he recorded everything else.

I would note in passing that if you have a VPN that makes you look like you're in the UK, then this might be useful...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000sc9j/storyville-whirlybird-live-above-la