When Pigs Fly

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2007 FESTIVAL
62 min.
This film pushes the boundaries of conservation filmmaking. After a disabling truck accident, Lory Yazurlo finds herself a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair and depressed. Legal battles over her insurance settlement adds further to her isolation. She finds renewed life and joy by creating a pig sanctuary, turning her 20-acre Central Florida home into a haven for 700 of them. Yazurlo is fiercely independent but totally reliant on her parents for her care and help with her porcine pals. It’s an incredible story of loss, contradiction, strength and how our connections with mud, animals, nature and life’s most base routines can resurrect the spirit. Viewer discretion advised; contains adult content. Followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.