Raised in Southeast Washington DC, Rodney Stotts has achieved the highest level of master falconer. Stotts, the subject of the documentary The Falconer, is an educator and the founder and director of Rodney's Raptors. His work has been featured in National Geographic, NPR, and other national outlets.
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Rodney grew up during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of incarceration an accepted part of daily life for nearly everyone he knew. To rent his own apartment, he needed a paycheck-something the money from dealing drugs didn't provide. ... SEE MORE