The Eagle Huntress
This spellbinding documentary follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl
Director: Otto Bell
Presented by
87mins / UK | Mongolia | USA
This spellbinding documentary follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl who is fighting to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her Kazakh family.
Through breath-taking aerial cinematography and intimate vérité footage, the film captures her journey while addressing universal
themes like female empowerment, the natural world and the onset of modernity.