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Lost Sparrow

Three decades ago, two Crow Indian brothers ran away from home and no one knew why. Their sudden and mysterious deaths sent shockwaves through a tiny upstate New York community. Lost Sparrow is their adoptive brother's journey to bring Bobby and Tyler home and confront a painful truth that shattered his family.

Premiere Date

November 16, 2010

Length

90 minutes

Chris Billing

Producer/Director

Chris Billing is writer, producer, director, and editor for Lost Sparrow, an intensely personal documentary that investigates the tragic deaths of his two adopted Native American brothers. Previously, Billing produced, directed, and scripted the full-length documentary Up to the Mountain, Down to the Village (2005), about Chairman Mao's decade-long youth re-education campaign during China's tumultuous Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Billing worked for more than a decade as a China-based journalist, including a five-year stint as NBC News Beijing Bureau Chief (1996-2001).