Whirlybird

Name: Whirlybird
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 6, 2021
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 69
Cast: Katy Tur, Marika Gerrard, Zoey Tur

2021

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Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: August 6, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Katy Tur, Marika Gerrard, Zoey Tur

Summary: Soaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged. A pioneer of helicopter reporting, Zoey Tur, along withSoaring above the chaotic spectacle of ‘80s and ‘90s Los Angeles, a young couple revolutionized breaking news with their brazen helicopter reporting. Culled from this news duo’s sprawling video archive is a poignant L.A. story of a family in turbulence hovering over a city unhinged. A pioneer of helicopter reporting, Zoey Tur, along with then-wife Marika Gerrard, forever changed broadcast news with their action-packed live coverage of monumental moments in the history of L.A., including the 1992 riots and the O.J. Simpson Ford Bronco chase in 1994. This intense work delivered a needed daily dose of adrenaline for Zoey (known then as Bob) but the thousands of hours spent chasing breaking news eventually took its toll.… Expand

Director: Matt Yoka

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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Rob Rector

Oct 14, 2021

To both the filmmaker and subject’s credit, neither feel that the transition to Zoey should excuse past behavior, and the director lets her sit with her thoughts. She processes her actions in front of the camera as she surveys the wreckage of her life. This is what makes Whirlybird such a wholly unique story, ultimately resonating as a portrait of a deeply flawed person. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Aug 5, 2021

The doc is a fascinating insight into how individual choices can shape the news. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Aug 5, 2021

Drawing on an amazing video stockpile from the 1980s and ’90s, Whirlybird is an editing feat. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Aug 6, 2021

Quibbles aside, Whirlybird proves a memorably evocative time capsule of 1980s and ’90s Los Angeles and the people who made — and captured — the news, as well as a stirring portrait of regret. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Aug 5, 2021

At its best, Matt Yoka’s documentary vividly captures how personal demons shape creative output. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Aug 6, 2021

We cannot help wishing, as we do so often in watching what passes for news these days, that this story was told with more insight, context, and, well, focus. Read full review

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