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An Awe-Inspiring Documentary!-

I am writing this 5 minutes after watching. And my goodness! This was just brilliant! Breathtaking shots! Great storyline! I was planning to write down comments whilst I watched but in the latter part of the documentary I was fully immersed with a great story, how inspired Aisholpan was and her courage, as well as her motivation, was impressive. Now I have heard a few stories that the documentary was staged however I have researched a bit and in an interview, Aisholpan conformed it wasn't staged though the camera crew did get in the way in a few shots. I believe that it wasn't staged. I hope it wasn't as this film was just beautiful! It was great! Every second was just a delight!

Anyway here is a sectioned out review of The Eagle Huntress-

Awards/Nominations-Impressive! This documentary raked in 9 wins! And as a total 21 nominations across the globe! The most prestigious nomination was a BAFTA nomination for best documentary but sadly never won. That is impressive!

Music-A Delight! My gosh! The song that mainly featured throughout the documentary "Angel By The Wings" Sang by the notorious Austrailian pop artist Sia. Amazing song! But I would only complain that it was the only song throughout the 80 minutes of run time. Though there were a few tunes along the way showing the atmosphere of the situations.

Cast-Well a great one and only pick. Yes, documentaries never have a "cast" but this one had a narrator. Daisy Riddley well known in her role as Rey from the new few instalments of Star Wars by JJ Abrams. She was a narrator and the only member of the cast for this filming. It was a nice surprise.

Plot- The whole plot is Aisholpan attempting to become Mongolia's first ever Eagle Huntress. As it was only considered a man's job. She worked her way from rock-bottom right the way to the top! This was just brilliant and personally, I was impressed and inspired in a way.

Camera Shots- Amazing! How did the crew get the camera shots from above I'm imagining drone but that would not have been safe for both the Eagles and the drone. Which possibly not by a drone. But the scenery that the crew of Altitude caught was just breathtaking! It was full out David Attenborough scenery!

That is all for the mainstream review but I would like to say I recommend this to all Film Clubs as it just needs to be seen and needs to inspire more people!

Here is the quick summary before we end-

13-year-old Aisholpan has a dream to follow her father and her grandfather's footsteps to become an Eagle Hunter. They capture Eagles but only for around 7 years and let them free but before that, the Eagles do their bidding to the Hunters while they are fed and cared for. They're bidding is to hunt other animals for the humans. This has been practised for centuries but not one female Hunter has been heard of. Aisholpan wants to change that. It will take great courage and strength to do that...