Eagle Huntress

IMDb link: 3882074
IMDb rating: 7.5 (4,406 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Sport, Documentary
Director: Otto Bell
Cast: Daisy Ridley, Aisholpan Nurgaiv, Rys Nurgaiv and others

Release date: 16 Dec 2016
Release year: 2016
Runtime: 87 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Mongolia, United States
Keywords: snow adventure, eagle, huntress, 13 year old, competition, tradition, human animal relationship, hunting and fishing sport, mountain adventure, hunter

Plot:

This spellbinding documentary follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl who is fighting to become the first female eagle hunter in twelve generations of her Kazakh family. Through breathtaking aerial cinematography and intimate verite footage, the film captures her personal journey while also addressing universal themes like female empowerment, the natural world, coming of age and the onset of modernity.

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