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THE EAGLE HUNTRESS

By Otto BELL

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Documentary - Completed 2016

The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter

- Year of production
- 2016
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM, MONGOLIA, USA
- Languages
- KAZAKH
- Duration
- 87 mn
- Director(s)
- Otto BELL
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-3B63-0000-O-0000-0000-2
- EIDR
- 10.5240/1E92-A524-27F1-D7EE-3054-J
- Synopsis
- 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.