Our Neighbors, The Peacocks

Directed by Callie Barlow
23 minutes | 2024 | Santa Barbara Film Festival Premiere

Our Neighbors, The Peacocks gives a birds-eye-view of the official symbol of the City of Arcadia: the peacock; which, depending on who you ask, is either the pride and joy of the area, or the troublesome thorn in the side of a once idyllic community. 

Arcadia is a small city in the San Gabriel Valley, known mostly for its mountain vistas, fantastic Chinese restaurants, thoroughbred racetrack…and hundreds of wild peafowl who roam freely about the lawns, roofs, and trees of local homeowners. It is the only city in LA County where residents continually vote against peafowl relocation programs, despite a loud contingent of fed-up neighbors who would like to see the ordinance revoked. As mating season unfolds–– the noisiest time of the year––tensions rise amongst the peacock-lovers and the peacock-haters. We see the lengths some neighbors go to protect the peafowl as the question over whether to live with the birds, or not to live with the birds, continues. 

Director: Callie Barlow
Executive Producer: Jeremy McBride
Executive Producer: Thomas Peterson
Producer: Callie Barlow
Associate Producer: Michelle Dy
Cinematographer: Gabe Mayhan
Editor: Kara Blake
Additional Editor: Sophie Kornberg
Assistant Editor: Ronnie Rios
Composer: Qasim Naqvi
Music Supervisor: Julie Blake
Sound Recordist: James Ersted
Additional Filming: Isabela Zawistowska & Harley Astorga
Assistant Camera: Isabela Zawistowska & Nick Kubeck
DIT: Isabela Zawistowska
Archival Producer: Leah-Lani Griffin
Archival Researcher: Corinne Marquardt
Post Production Supervisor: Alex Exline 
Online & Conform Editor: Alex Exline
Motion Graphics: Kara Blake
Graphic Designer: Carmen Vela
Production Counsel: SmithDehn LLP
Post Production Services: Fancy Film
Senior Digital Colorist: Matthew Schwab
Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Hollman

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