The spark for the film came when director Otto Bell came across photographs of Aisholpan taken by Israeli photographer Asher Svidensky on the BBC News website, in April 2014. The Eagle Huntress (Trailer) Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter in the trailer for the. They're intense, and they're determined to hunt. 2015. But is it actually true? The Eagle Huntress, a documentary about a Kazakh nomad girl in Mongolia learning to hunt with a golden eagle, divides opinion. [26] They also donated the $3,000 prize money they received from winning Best Documentary at the Hamptons International Film Festival to this fund. Video, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Her older brother had joined the army and Aisholpan was helping to carry on the family legacy. Bell: They saw it for the first time at Sundance. What I was able to do was cut together 10 minutes. 2016. for only $13.00 $11.05/page. A highly educated nomad, she was photographed with her eagle in 1932, where she was buried after her death in 1983. Otto Bell: It sort of ballooned. DeSantis won't say he's running. "Kissaki Films' Otto Bell to Direct Ashol-Pan Documentary." About this movie arrow_forward 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. Bell: We never had a crew of more than three or four people. Aisholpan and her father Agalai, Eagle Festival, Ulgii, Mongolia, 2014. Nigel Andrews in his review in the Financial Times last December wrote that the action and dialogue seemed "a little set up". The Lido in Hawthorn is hosting a preview on March 13, with an exhibition of photos taken at the Golden Eagle festival by former Big Day Out photographer Sophie Howarth in the foyer. Bell: They're a very hospitable people. We knew they would do things five, 10, 20 times until she got it right. December 20, 2016 at 1:44AM, Edited December 20, 1:54AM. There's a certain pride in their identity and this ancient tradition, so they quite liked exhibiting it. NFS: You were out in that winter tundra for 22 days? After some initial misses, her eaglet successfully kills its first fox and she returns home. Her achievements are impressive. There are other moments that critics grumble about. 2012. Set against the breathtaking expanse of the Mongolian steppe, THE EAGLE . The father likes to sit outside anyway, he likes to watch the goats. Aisholpan also confirms that she was aware some men thought a girl was not strong enough to hold an eagle, that she should stay at home, and would not be able to stand the cold hunting for hours in winter in the Altai mountains. In interviews, press releases, and publicity for the film--despite widespread knowledge in 2014 of Makpal Adrazakova'sprior eagle hunting--Aisholpan is presented as the only girl in history to become an eagle hunter, defying Kazakh elders' belief that women are "too fragile and weak." He was sure that girl and that bird would be his subject. And it is amazing so much so that is one of the reasons people have concluded much of the film has been staged. You might notice how it's got a dedication at the end. Otto Bell, director of The Eagle Huntress. Timur Sanat. Her quiet confidence, application to her studies she's a straight-A student at the school at which she boards during the week and, above all, her bond with her family make her a dream. When you see this little girl in pigtails, with a pink ribbon in her hair scaling a mountainside, I knew I had something. "I started to train when I was 10 years old, going into the mountains with my dad," she told the BBC, while passing through Ulan Bator recently. There isn't much in the way of media out there, but they are used to cameras. "Makpal, First Woman Eagle Hunter in Modern Kazkahstan." Fair Winds Trade From the Aegean to Egypts Amarna, Translation of 5,500-Year-Old Babel Text from China Reveals Oldest Known Map of Inner Solar System, 3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions, The origins of human beings according to ancient Sumerian texts, Evidence that Noahs Ark Landed on a Mountain 17 Miles South of Ararat. 2014. Sleepless nights gets kicked around a lot but, for me, it was a real thing. The Eagle Huntress follows the story of Aisholpan, a 13-year-old Kazakh girl from Mongolia, as she attempts to become the first female eagle hunter to compete in the eagle festival at Ulgii, Mongolia, established in 1999. Especially in the winter. that this movie has people buzzing. 2016. Can't wait to see it. And in a 4 March 2014 article entitled "Falconry Tournament Tests Ancient Skills" (https://astanatimes.com/2014/03/falconry-tournament-tests-ancient-skills/) by Asset Kalymov for The Astana Times news, two of the men mentioned in the above-noted article as having blessed Makpal's eagle hunting career were described as: "famous berkutchis Aben Toktasynuly and Seitzhan Kodekov whose efforts in the early 1990s helped revive this Kazakh tradition." He really helped. 2015. Bell: Exactly, yeah. Interview with Otto Bell, Jan. 30. http://moveablefest.com/moveable_fest/2016/01/otto-bell-eagle-huntress.html, Svidensky, Asher. Anybody who could carry a camera, did. She is the author ofThe Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World(Princeton Read More, Thank you Carol Ann1 ! Except I'd stayed longer than their average tourist. He tracked Aisholpan's family down (being nomads, they move around) and on the very first day, he says, filmed one of the early scenes in the film, where the girl and her father seize a baby eaglet from its nest. "It looks like 30 people shot it, but in reality it was only three of us.". Thank you Liz, thank you Otto Bell, thank you Agalai and Aisholpan! NFS: Were you ever on horseback yourself? I actually went in debt with the bank for another $12,000.". Simply finding them was a challenge "they're nomadic, so it was like, 'oh yeah, I think they're over that mountain'," Bell says but the effort was worthwhile. Asher Svidensky's photo that inspired 'The Eagle Huntress'Credit: Asher Svidensky NFS: Some documentary filmmakers embed ourselves in a situation, and others go in and out. In the 7th century AD, the Byzantine Empire harnessed the power of fire with the creation of Greek fire, a weapon of destruction unlike any before its time. After the festival, it was clear that we had to go back for a winter hunt, but everything I had was gone. The little twin propeller plane that flies up to their region twice a week physically couldn't take off with our bodies and all of the gear that we had. AtAncient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. Except the conflict never really happens. He built this nine-meter crane that folds away into a snowboard bag and weighs only 25 kilos. Marianne Williamson Signals 2024 Presidential Run. Thus, the men Dennis Keen cites as objecting are only a subset of prominent eagle hunters, and the very men who blessed Makpal's engagement were elders integrally important to the resurrection of the eagle hunting tradition in Kazakhstan during post-Soviet rule. Makpal, now a lawyer, continues to win eagle contests and encourages other young women. Thanks, everyone! September 19, 2016 at 7:47AM, Edited September 19, 7:47AM. Huge thumbs up to the filmmakers and their journey to capture such a great story in a cinematic way. This open knowledge and free participation," open to anyone strong, capable, and determined enough, continues Soma, is a remarkable trait in pastoralist society, unlike the all-male elite hunting of sedentary cultures. The Eagle Huntress is a 2016 internationally co-produced Kazakh-language documentary film directed by Otto Bell and narrated by executive producer Daisy Ridley. While The Eagle Huntress showed Aisholpan's father Nurgaiv passing on his hunting skills to his daughter with a calm wisdom, not all locals were depicted as being so supportive. 2014. That was in 2011 - two or three years before Svidensky arrived on the scene - and she wasn't just training with the eagle, she was already hunting too, she says. Carrie Fisher, best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars film saga, died Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack while on a flight from London to Los Angeles the week before. As Belgian photographer Stefan Cruysberghs remarked, Amanbol and Bazarbai are "the new generation [who] will make sure these ancient traditions will be kept alive." FIG 2.8. The film features a 13-year-old girl tackling the powerful and violent act of hunting game deep in the mountainous Kazhak wildernessa tradition which has not been taken on by any other female in its 12-generation history. One of my biggest expensestruly, of my life savingswas excess luggage. 2016. Film reviews round-up: The Eagle Huntress, Through the Wall, Ballerina, The Son of Joseph. Train crash an 'unimaginable tragedy' - Greek president, Survivors describe 'nightmarish seconds' as trains crashed, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash. he casually asked. 2023 BBC. We didn't stage anything.". No malls, no Shake Shacks. Bell: Actually, we had so much, we had to leave about 200 kilos in Ulaanbaatar [Mongolia], the capital city, in a locked room in the airport. (Photo 2010 Mongolia, courtesy of Bek, backtobektravel.com), In 2010, at age 5, Aisulu began helping her father Ardak train an eagle. Williams, Maynard Owen. The Eagle Huntress is a documentary that tells the story of Aisholpan, a 13-year old Kazakh girl living in the remote Altai Mountains of Mongolia, who is determined to become an eagle hunter like her father - despite the fact that it's a tradition usually reserved for men. She's not; as Stanford academic Adrienne Mayor convincingly argues, there have been many female eagle hunters, dating back to ancient times, and a handful of them in the modern era. I grew up riding in school. http://www.barkman.nl/en/werk_compleet.jsp?categorie=1&nummer=1. Bell: When we did get money and things started to take off, we flew Simon over to sit with the colorist for a week and do the final mix. What's he waiting for? They found the remains of an adolescent couple from 4000 years ago in Last week, Ancient Origins reported on the fascinating discovery of a golden treasure left by the ancient Saka people in a burial mound in Kazakhstan. It's a nice way they supplement their base income of herding. The film follows the fortunes of a 13-year-old Kazakh girl called Aisholpan, who wants to learn the ancient art of eagle hunting - hunting foxes on horseback, with an eagle - from her father. Children commonly help to care for the eagles, go along on hunts, and attend eagle festivals. Others were already on the trail, so Bell had to move quickly. (Photo courtesy of Meghan Fitz-James). He got me a place to edit. http://realscreen.com/2016/02/12/celluloid-dreams-picks-up-the-eagle-huntress/, Saito, Stephen. 2.11M subscribers Narrated by: Daisy Ridley The Eagle Huntress Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the. Her father, like his father before him, hunts with a majestic golden eagle, and Aisholpan dreams of carrying on the family tradition . 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, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. 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Remove Ads Mongolia is far from backwards: women have voted and held office since 1924 in Mongolia, more than 80 percent of women have secondary education, and 70 percent of college students are women. "This 13-year-old Girl Hunts with Golden Eagles." We Mongols are emancipated, Nirgidma declared in a National Geographic interview, a good horse and a wide plain, that's our desire.. Our experts can deliver a "The Eagle Huntress" by Otto Bell essay. There is always a way to finish your film. But, Bell insists, he just got lucky. Amanbol and Bazarbai, brother and sister eagle hunters, 2014. Congratulations NFS and thank you for writing this article. It has been a long time since I saw this kind of good quality content here, and I check the site daily, hope this means the site is on the right track once more. Under many of her Instagram photos featuring Makpal Abdrazakova ) 2016, reprinted in on. Ancient Origins 2013 - 2023Disclaimer- Terms of Publication - Privacy Policy & Cookies - Advertising Policy -Submissions - We Give Back - Contact us. Bell: Find a way to finish. He was weeping. We were just blazing alongside them. In one of the film's most thrilling sequences, we see Aishol-pan and her father tracking an eagle to its nest, high up a rocky cliff. It was 22 days of trial and error, in sub-zero temperatures that caused the filmmakers' hands to stick to their equipment. Its not like you could stay in a hotel. (Photo courtesy of Stefan Cruysberghs) I'm thrilled she'll be bringing that same energy to supporting a real-world heroine who is also on an epic journey to win victory in a far away land. A lot of adventurous tourists will come along and spend a night or two with them and take lots of photos. That was the question for Simon Niblett, director of photography of documentary The Eagle Huntress, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is planned to unspool during the Telluride. Barkman, Carl. of gear, about 28 Pelican cases. She's a remarkable young woman, aided in her quest by a remarkable feminist father, Rys Nurgaiv, who supports Aisholpan one hundred percent even as he worries about how the male eagle hunters will treat her. Acknowledgments: Thanks to Deborah Armstrong, Bek/Back to Bek Travel, Ariunbold Dorjsembe, Meghan Fitz-James, Alan Gates, Dennis Keen, Byeibitgul Khamsen, KentMadin, Lauren McGough, Agii Makhsum, and Dauit Daukysh Ryskhan. And it's no surprisethat this movie has people buzzing. Eagle hunting is traditionally passed down among male relatives, but there are no religious or cultural prohibitions against a girl becoming an eagle hunter ( brkitshi, berkutchi ). The Eagle Huntress, a documentary about a Kazakh nomad girl in Mongolia learning to hunt with a golden eagle, divides opinion. FIG 2.2. of gearabout 28 Pelican casesbecause we wanted to do justice to the landscape and to the characters as well. "Get lost! Batsukh, Yanjmaa. The film was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature but was ultimately not nominated. [8] Director Otto Bell said of Ridley, "Like so many other theatergoers around the world, I was blown away by Daisy's recent portrayal of an empowered female protagonist [Rey in The Force Awakens]. "Visit to Mongolia's Altai Mountains Takes Flight with Eagle Hunting" Report on 2104 Ulgii festival. When you've got a mother eagle circling above, threatening to descend on you, you tend to do things pretty quickly.". Any telling of her story would carry a female empowerment message, even if this film does milk it for all its worth. http://www.primaoutdoor.com/lauren-mcgough-apprentices-with-eagle-falconers-in-mongolia/. I had Morgan Spurlock's email from years ago, so I cheekily sent him a link to it. "There's quite a bit of peacocking involved they grab their furs, they sit in state.". (In Russian, Nov. 28, on Murat Abdrazakov teaching three eagle huntresses in Kazakhstan), http://forbes.kz/life/zavershilsya_chempionat_rk_sredi_berkutchi?platform=hootsuite, "Kazakhs Revive Eagle Hunt Traditions." And a 13-year-old girl, whose father and grandfather are eagle hunters, decides she wants to do . Directors Otto Bell Starring Aisholpan Nurgaiv Genres Sports, Documentary, Adventure Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Rent $3.99. But while it has wowed them at festivals around the world since its debut at Sundance in January 2016, not everyone has been convinced. Adrienne Mayor , Research Scholar in Classics and History of Science, Stanford University, is the author of The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World (2014), and The Poison King: Mithradates, Romes Deadliest Enemy , nonfiction finalist for the 2009 National Book Award. We would rope the door of that open and then have the Steadicam in the side door, and that was how we did our tracking shots to see when they were galloping down across the tundra in the snow. Both Mongolia and the Kazakh community have a long history of women's equality in education, government, medicine, and other fields. She ends up winning the competition, and her eaglet breaks a speed record in one of the events. The pair of them have done a fantastic job. In April 2014, the New York-based Englishman saw an online image of her setting an eagle free. (We even did a podcast with one of the films cinematographers after its Sundance premiere earlier this year.) Move heaven and earth. But they are made possible not only by her own grit and skill but by her nomadic culture, in which women can be men's equals and girls can train eagles. Bell has a series of elder-statesmen in the rarefied world of eagle hunting address the camera with their views: it's not for girls; women should make tea, not hunt; women are not strong enough. NFS: How did you physically protect yourselves and your gear in those freezing conditions? This line was recast to say that Aisholpan is "the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family" to be an eagle huntress. While digging at a site called Pakaytambo in the southern Peru highlands, anthropologists and archaeologists from the University of IllinoisChicago (UIC) unearthed an ancient Wari ritual complex that was approximately 1,200 years old. Aisholpan is a 13-year-old Kazakh girl in western Mongolia who learns the ancient art of eagle hunting from her father Nurgaiv. Man in Peru Caught Out Drinking With an 800-year-old Mummy! Martina, who shot lots of lovely verite and lived with the family for a few weeks to kind of get a texture of everyday life, shot with a C300. The film features a 13-year-old girl tackling the powerful and violent act of hunting game deep in the mountainous Kazhak wildernessa tradition which has not been taken on by any other female in its 12-generation history. The monument was Tamgaly in Kazakhstan, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, provides evidence of the rich history and diverse cultural heritage of Central Asia. I just had to get there and make sure we captured it.". What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. ", Aisholpan's performance at the competition provides the film with a climax of sorts, but to Bell it felt too much like a sports movie. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. After her win in 2014 (captured on film) she was greeted by loud cheers when she competed again in 2015 and 2016. That sort of thing. After their father died, Bazarbai began teaching Amanbol to be an eagle huntress. Karl Quinn is on facebook at karlquinnjournalist and on Twitter @karlkwin. Watch the Trailer Here! When he was away, he would ask me to look after his golden eagle, giving it sunlight or bringing it into the . Aisholpan, National Geographic 2014, and Otto Bell's The Eagle Huntress Sundance poster 2016. "Those guys are used to being photographed, let's put it that way," says Bell. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS is executive produced and narrated by STAR WARS's Daisy Ridley. They're called bread loaf vans because they look like a bread loaf. It is up for a Bafta award on Sunday night but missed out on an Oscar nomination, possibly because to some viewers it feels staged. In retrospect, it was the biggest gamble I've ever taken. Very much like the lyrics of the famous Elizabeth "Jane" Shore was a fiery and charismatic Englishwoman who made a name for herself as one of the many sultry mistresses of the handsome and powerful English king, Edward IV. And when he went back to the old men to ask what they thought, they coughed up a laundry list of reasons why she still couldn't be considered a real eagle hunter: "They said, 'her dad's a great coach, the bird is phenomenal, it's because tourists were there and it's nice for them. Well, I mean, Aisholpan is amazing. He's like, "There's a fox in these hillsit's likely going to come down through this gully." I helped my father from an early age. The Eagle Huntress Has Landed.Aishol-Pan in Wonderland . A Blazing Weapon: Unraveling the Mystery of Greek Fire, New Moai Statue Found on Chiles Easter Island Excites Researchers, 2,000-Year-Old Roman Phallus Could Be Oldest Known Sex Toy, Curious Mussel Shell Arrowheads in Norways Mountains Confound Archaeologists, Huge Wari Empire Temple from 800 AD Unearthed in the Highlands of Peru, What is Shambhala? Who would not be proud, in her position, to have beaten grown men with years of eagle-hunting experience? (Photo courtesy of Stefan Cruysberghs), FIG 2.9. And I was like, 'Oh, God, we're going to have to come back'. It is thus mysterious that there are so few references to the planets in ancient literature. tailored to your instructions. These stunning photographs show the changing face of a majestic centuries old Kazakh pastime tradition that still lives in the lands of mongolia - eagle hunters. These stunning photographs show the changing face of a majestic centuries old Kazakh pastime tradition that still lives in the lands of mongolia - eagle hunters. He passed away between Sundance and Telluride, so we dedicated the film to him. 2015. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS is a coming-of-age documentary that tells the story of 13-year-old Aisholpan's desire to be the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her family. And so, the central conflict of The Eagle Huntress is established: a young girl wants to follow her passion. 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, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. She belongs to a family of nomads who spend their summers in a ger in the Altai Mountains and their winters in a house in town. Like Ridley's character "Rey," Aisholpan never doubts her ability to be as strong or brave as any boy. Anyone strong enough to carry an eagle can begin apprenticeship with one's own eagle. A soaring documentary of a feminist journey, an Israeli screwball comedy, Black Swan for kids, and a . NFS: What do Aisholpan and her family think of the film? Shes the most important critic. My feeling was just because it's a true story that doesn't mean it can't also be beautiful. By the very nature of training, there's a lot of repetition. Aisholpan, a 13-year-old Kazakh girl from Mongolia, commits to a family tradition going back 12 generations. As Belgian photographer Stefan Cruysberghs remarked, Amanbol and Bazarbai are the new generation [who] will make sure these ancient traditions will be kept alive., FIG 2.8. I take it as a bit of a compliment, actually. This was deliberate; it helps younger audiences track along. 2023 NONETWORK, LLC. It's a dramatic moment with Aisholpan climbing down a cliff, her father holding a rope attached to her waist. That year, a young horsewoman with an eagle appeared at the festival in Ulgii, Mongolia; in 2013, a young eagle huntress attended the festival in Nura, Kazakhstan. "I told my dad that I wanted to become an eagle huntress.". Stunning attitude towards art Otto Bell, thank you for your exemplary strength! Aisholpan hunting for foxes in the Altai mountains. The other thing that helped us, and I think makes it feel almost like a narrative, is that Aisholpan and Agalai were training a lot. According to Kottak, ___________ is a sacred impersonal force existing in the universe, which can reside in people, animals, plants, and objects. No girl or woman, though, has ever been permitted to spread her wings in this way, so when Aisholpan says it's what she wants to do, it ruffles a few feathers, though her father and mother support her wholeheartedly. 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