BBC News video, Dec. 23. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16315799, Tashenov, Chingiz. The Eagle Huntress, a documentary about a Kazakh nomad girl in Mongolia learning to hunt with a golden eagle, divides opinion. Bell: They saw it for the first time at Sundance. But the curmudgeonly views of these mostly elderly men were not expressed at the eagle festival, where officials and competitors were supportive, she says. The trailer flashes . 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. That's to Grandpa. Despite her criticisms of the film, the historian Adrienne Mayor agrees that Aisholpan is a worthy heroine. A highly educated member of the Torghut/Oirat/Kalmyk nomads who ranged from the Altai to the Tarim Basin, Nirgidma was photographed with her hunting eagle in 1932 in Urumqi (where the mummified eagle huntress now resides, see Part 1 ). It is up for a Bafta award on Sunday night but missed out on an. Aisholpan (left) at school, in The Eagle Huntress.Credit:Asher Svidensky. Adrienne Mayor's paper, The Eagle Huntress - Ancient Traditions and New Generations, mentions a number of Kazakh women who have trained or are training to hunt with eagles, Otto Bell (centre) with Aisholpan's parents at the Ajyal film festival in Doha in December, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash. Especially in the winter.". One of the heartwarmers at this year's Sundance Film Festival was " The Eagle Huntress ," a documentary about a 13-year-old Kazakh girl living in northwest Mongolia, determined . NFS You started to learn what to predict. about Touching 4,000-Year-Old Royal Double Burial Found in Kazakhstan, about Archaeologists Unearth the Golden Man of the Saka Burial Mound in Kazakhstan. The father likes to sit outside anyway, he likes to watch the goats. "better-than-Disney magic" - a spot-on assessment of this breathtaking film. Why Are You Sleeping on the Killer Feature of the Fujifilm X-H2 Line? The recent Huntress mini has revealed that the current Huntress is in fact Helena Wayne, and that Helena Bertinelli is an alias of hers in the current continuity. Marianne Williamson Signals 2024 Presidential Run. Makpal says Kazakh elders (with one exception) gave their blessing because they remembered that women used to hunt with horses, dogs, and eagles.. September 18, 2016 at 10:38PM, Edited September 18, 10:41PM. 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. "I did it drawing on my experience in commercials. Film reviews round-up: The Eagle Huntress, Through the Wall, Ballerina, The Son of Joseph. The Eagle Huntress, a documentary about a Kazakh nomad girl in Mongolia learning to hunt with a golden eagle, divides opinion. And it's one of a number of scenes that some critics have assumed was staged. He brought such professionalism to the project. We had a Ronin Steadicam, and we had these crappy old Russian vans. 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. Under many of her Instagram photos featuring Makpal Abdrazakova ) 2016, reprinted in on. Keen, Dennis. In all, the men of the Nurgaiv clan have been hunting with eagles for 12 generations. Historian of Central Asian falconry Takuya Soma points out that falconry disappeared in other less open, sedentary societies. The Eagle Huntress (1,084) 7.5 1 h 27 min 2016 G A teenage girl named Ashol-Pan and living in the mountains of northwestern Mongolia learns how to become an eagle huntress. Documentary photography and films are expected to be ethnographically sensitive and factual, so it is surprising that the creators of Aisholpan's story for Western audiences fail to acknowledge Makpal's eagle hunting prowess. The documentary, The Eagle Huntress, directed by Otto Bell, follows apple-cheeked, 13-year-old Aisholpan, a member of a tribe of Kazakh semi-nomads, as she learns the art of eagle hunting from her . In early 2014, inspired by Svidensky's photos, film maker Otto Bell flew to Mongolia to secure the rights to Aisholpan's story, stating that he felt a sense of responsibility to carefully bring her story to life through film. Svidensky and Bell returned later in 2014 to film Aisholpan capturing a fledgling eagle (Ak Kanat, White Wings) and competing in the festival in Ulgii, where she won her first eagle hunting contest. Train crash an 'unimaginable tragedy' - Greek president, Survivors describe 'nightmarish seconds' as trains crashed, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash. We figured out we could only really film for about three hours a day. Who would not be proud, in her position, to have beaten grown men with years of eagle-hunting experience? How can I help you? The intrepid eagle huntresses Makpal, Aisholpan, Aisulu, Amanbol, and the new generation of eagle hunters' daughters are capturing world attention through photographs and film. FIG 2.10. She ends up winning the competition, and her eaglet breaks a speed record in one of the events. When you see this little girl in pigtails, with a pink ribbon in her hair scaling a mountainside, I knew I had something. I took my young daughter to see The Eagle Huntress and I think every father should do the same (take your daughter, that is, not mine). NFS: You were out in that winter tundra for 22 days? My feeling was just because it's a true story that doesn't mean it can't also be beautiful. For this is an utterly joyous, life-affirming tale about what a girl can achieve when she has determination, application and the support of her family (and especially, though not only, her father): any damn thing she sets her mind to. "The blessing scene - he said he was going to do this, I just asked him to do it outside. 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. (Photo: Marion Demanet). 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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. In October, he went back with a full crew and proper gear to shoot more sequences, including the Golden Eagle competition, a kind of gymkhana in which 70 eagle hunters are judged on a range of criteria, from riding to dress to their hunting abilities. Timur Sanat. http://realscreen.com/2016/02/12/celluloid-dreams-picks-up-the-eagle-huntress/, Saito, Stephen. 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. Children commonly help to care for the eagles, go along on hunts, and attend eagle festivals. Its a documentarians dream: incredibly charismatic protagonists, majestic landscapes, underlying social issues, and a classic David and Goliath tale. Archaeologists have been able to take a closer look at one of the United Kingdoms most famous shipwrecks. 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. Eagle hunting is a sacred tradition in Mongolia, handed down from father to son for centuries. 2014. What would you say to other filmmakers who find ourselves in the position that you were in, like, Shit. NFS: So you had several different cameras? Directors Otto Bell Starring Aisholpan Nurgaiv Genres Sports, Documentary, Adventure Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there existcountless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts thathave yet to be discovered and explained. 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." VideoRescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 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. The Eagle Huntress needs no phony clashes or extensive re-enactments, for its hero is 13 year old Aisholpan, from Asia's Altai Mountains, the first female Kazakh in twelve generations to be a bona fide eagle huntress. Incredible story, and great interview working on my first documentary now, and filming in a foreign language, so this was inspiring. Bell: Find a way to finish. Alfred Beagle was the son of Jarvis, the former butler to the Wayne family in Gotham City . Thanks for sharing! A soaring documentary of a feminist journey, an Israeli screwball comedy, Black Swan for kids, and a . Aisholpan stated her desire to study medicine and become a doctor. [3] It follows the story of Aisholpan Nurgaiv, 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. I didn't go away. I grew up riding in school. Bell: Yeah, we drove back to the village every night right on the border there between Mongolia and China. In contrast, Soma notes, eagle hunting persisted and has a future among Kazakhs because of their traditional belief that women can participate in the same activities as men. Aisholpan Nurgaiv and her golden eagle Akkanat are the stars of recent hit film The Eagle Huntress. father, a champion Eagle Hunter, trains her despite objections of the community elders. http://www.svidensky.com/post-aspx-id-18, Thomson, Augusta. Except I'd stayed longer than their average tourist. Nomad Women Have Hunted with Eagles since Antiquity. [Spurlock] called me back that day. 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. Bell: We never had a crew of more than three or four people. And so, the central conflict of The Eagle Huntress is established: a young girl wants to follow her passion. I just had to get there and make sure we captured it.". 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. And also, congratulations to the filmmaker for such a stunning work, I too look at some pictures and think about the cinematic possibilities behind them, but you really went ahead and made it. Lauren McGough, American eagle huntress in Mongolia, 2009-2013. The website's critics consensus states: "Effectively stirring and bolstered by thrilling visuals, The Eagle Huntress uses its heartwarming message to fill up a feature that might have made for an even more powerful short film. The mausoleum was built during the reign of Timur, the ruler of the Timurid Empire. Returns home to carry on the family legacy Central Asia the men in her left hand and forearm is 2016. But since antiquity, the challenging conditions on the steppes have meant that men and women engaged in strenuous riding and other activities together. Bell: Its a big score. Soma, Takuya. "I think eagle hunting would be open to any young woman who would want to pursue it," Mayor says. Interview with Otto Bell, Jan. 30. http://moveablefest.com/moveable_fest/2016/01/otto-bell-eagle-huntress.html, Svidensky, Asher. Aisholpan and her father Agalai, Eagle Festival, Ulgii, Mongolia, 2014. In that article she said she began going out on hunts with her grandfather as a child and went on her first hunt with her own eagle at age 15. (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." Read about our approach to external linking. But Mayor and others still argue that the film creates a false impression, by failing to mention other Kazakh eagle huntresses, and exaggerating the patriarchal pressures that Aisholpan had to overcome. 2023 BBC. In 2012, Shamil Zhumatov reported for Reuters on a Kazakh eagle hunter called Makpal Abdrazakova, who goes hunting with an eagle when she's not working as a lawyer. "Kissaki Films' Otto Bell to Direct Ashol-Pan Documentary." The men in her family have been eagle hunters for seven generations,[6] and she wants to follow in their footsteps. Kazakh families are deeply committed to preserving their ancient legacy. "I haven't seen anything like this, how can I help you get this thing finished," he wrote. Following the film's premiere, co-executive producer Daisy Ridley agreed to add narration, comprising approximately five minutes' total time in the 87-minute film. After some initial misses, her eaglet successfully kills its first fox and she returns home. Makpal and her eagle, 2010, Kazakhstan. "That would have been enough in the film. The pictures focus on 13-year-old Irka Bolen - who is being trained to work with these birds of prey (golden eagles). 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. Incredible. Daisy Ridley, who led the cast of last year's The Force Awakens, released a statement."Devastated at this monumental loss. Spurlock set him up with producers, editors, space to work on it. 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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. This fact is confirmed by several well-known Kazakh eagle hunters such as Agii Makhsum in Mongolia, and by other female brkitshi in Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Ren Bo Hansen). The challenge was always to stay ahead of them. That gave us time to move around them, shoot multiple angles, which you can then cut together into what feels like a very slick sequence. Aisholpan's goal is to be the first woman to take part in the annual Golden Eagle Festival in the Mongolian provincial capital of Olgii, an event that her father has won twice and in which she . Except the conflict never really happens. Meghan Fitz-James, a Canadian traveller who spent time with Aisholpan's family, also says that one scene showing Aisholpan training for the eagle festival was in fact shot three days later, in a four-hour shoot with coaching and retakes. As a child she helped her father with his eagle and at 13 Makpal began training her own eagle Ak Zhelke (White Neck). Bell: We lived together. Please try again later. Otto's story and his film are indeed inspiring. When The Eagle Huntress premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 24, one of Hollywood's biggest breakout stars was quietly plotting to use her newfound fame to help make it soar.Star Wars . Congratulations NFS and thank you for writing this article. It's a dramatic moment with Aisholpan climbing down a cliff, her father holding a rope attached to her waist. "Elders and respected hunters blessed me some time ago," said the 25-year-old Makpal, "and I'm still getting their support." "The pressure gave me more will and power. I am sure you are familiar with his legend which states that he was born in a manger surrounded by shepherds, about The Unfinished Timurid Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, about Tamgaly Petroglyphs: Rituals, Shaman and Nomads Treasures, about Silk Road Cat Pushes Back Central Asia Domestication to 8th-century AD. It took up my entire life savings of $80,000. Aisholpan, National Geographic 2014, and Otto Bell's The Eagle Huntress Sundance poster 2016. Any telling of her story would carry a female empowerment message, even if this film does milk it for all its worth. (Read The Eagle Huntress: Ancient Traditions, and Evidence for Women as Eagle Hunters Part I ). 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. 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. It was 22 days of trial and error, in sub-zero temperatures that caused the filmmakers' hands to stick to their equipment. The Eagle Huntress, a breathtaking . NFS: How did you find these dream characters, Aisholpan and her amazing dad? It blew my mind because can you imagine if your father passed away, seeing his mannerisms on screen, hearing his voice so loud? (We even did a podcast with one of the films cinematographers after its Sundance premiere earlier this year.) He passed away between Sundance and Telluride, so we dedicated the film to him. For weeks at a time. They were very grateful. He is a two-time champion in the annual Golden Eagle festival; his father was a champion, too. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. Bell spent $US80,000 "my whole life's savings" and took out a high-interest loan to fund the trip. New York Times, Women in the World, Oct. 16. http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/10/16/ashol-pan-eagle-hunter/, Torrelio, Sebastian. Incredible article and inspiring story. Batsukh, Yanjmaa. 2013. The Eagle Huntress is so beautifully shot you'd almost book passage to visit this isolated world in Mongolia by the China border. A lot of things broke. The Huntress (Helena Wayne) rescues Alfred from the Crimelord. globe life field food menu 2021; is hare and tortoise halal. "I told my dad that I wanted to become an eagle huntress.". Aisholpan loves it, which is good. Your story takes place in the middle of the wilderness. 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