The Eagle Huntress (2016)
Follow 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, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
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Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
The Eagle Huntress is a true soul candy. An inspiring story beautifully filmed. It is very interesting to see how different life is in the Altai mountains, unaffected by time and the modern world and yet, the people seem to be happy and get by despite living in harsh conditions. It is also the story of hope, dreams and change of tradition. A young girl who wishes to become the first eagle huntress and breaks traditions that are hundreds of years old. Her loving father fully supports here on her journeys and the bond between them is truly touching. It would be a shame to lose more words over it since it would be best if you start watching it a soon as possible. You will not regret it.
This film reignited my love for documentary. The movie in itself often feels like an acted feature film where some of the scenes could be staged, but they are not! The purity of expression, the story, and the cinematography, as well as the editing are exceptional! It made me wonder how it is possible to even capture something like this - technically and humanly speaking? The film could have been improved by using a professional narrator's voice, but what blew it (a little) for me was the final (title) song. Otherwise most sound was beautiful, although at times, the audio felt a bit cliché and harshly mixed. A truly amazing movie! Wow, what an accomplishment.
If they had said it was 'based on a true story' or it was a 'drama documentary' I'd have given it 8 out of 10, but they didn't. They said it was a documentary. I don't think it is, unless you accept Grierson's definition of documentary as "creative treatment of actuality". But does anyone today think that Nanook of the North is a documentary?
https://web.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/EagleHuntress2016long.pdfThe Eagle Huntress Ancient Traditions and New Generations By Adrienne Mayor [email protected] May 1, 2016Essential and interesting reading to get past the hype and western prejudices of what is a fine film with an ignorant vein about the place of women in Central Asian eagle hunting...When she was interviewed in Mongolia's leading newspaper in 2016, however, Aisholpan's mother Alma gul stated that there are no restrictions on girls deciding to be eagle hunters. In the film itself, Aisholpan's father Agalai says, "I think boys and girls are equal."