Local filmmaker Linda McLean will debut her eight-minute minidocumentary Wild and Free in a special event on Saturday, May 10, at Jubilee! Community in Asheville.

The film, about the rehabilitation of a screech owl named “Pinkey” by storyteller Clyde Hollifield, showed as a rough-cut at the Asheville Film Festival last November, and audiences will now get a chance to see the finished version.

The story of “Pinkey,” a rehabilitated screech owl, is told in a new film set to debut this Saturday, May 10. Courtesy Little Pearls

The event will also feature animals from the WNC Nature Center, screech owls from the Wild for Life animal-rehab organization, musical performances, Hollifield himself and Cherokee/Choctaw storyteller Grandmother Red Leaf

Proceeds will benefit Little Pearls, the media nonprofit that produced the movie and focuses on creating small, inspiring films. The group says it plans a series of similar works, to be called “Animal Pearls.”

The event will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. at Jubilee! (46 Wall St.) Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for children. Visit http://www.littlepearls.org for more information.




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