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 typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.
MPAA rating: G.|||general
Sony Pictures Classics presents ; in association with 19340 Productions, Artemis Rising Foundation, Impact Partners, Shine Global, and Warrior Poets, a Kissiki film ; Stacey Reiss Productions ; produced by Stacey Reiss, Sharon Chang and Otto Bell ; directed by Otto Bell.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Special features: Commentary with Otto Bell; Capturing The eagle huntress; theatrical trailer.
Narrator, Daisy Ridley ; featuring Nurgaiv Aisholpan, Rys Nurgaiv, Kuksyegyen Almagul, Boshai Dalaikhan, Bosaga Rys.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreeen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1.
Kazakh dialogue, English narration with optional Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, or Thai subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video.
Editor, Pierre Takal ; director of photography, Simon Niblett ; music, Jingle Punks ; composer, Jeff Peters ; original title song, Sia.
Winner, Audience award, Middleburg Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival ; Best documentary feature, Hamptons International Film Festival.
