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. Set against the breathtaking expanse of the Mongolian steppe, THE EAGLE . What Does the Ending of 'American Psycho' Mean? The Eagle Huntress, a documentary about a Kazakh nomad girl in Mongolia learning to hunt with a golden eagle, divides opinion. 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. 2014. We took about 700 kilos [1500 lbs.] Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. [11] Chief Film Critics at The New York Times, Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, called the film "a bliss out"[12] and "a movie that expands your sense of what is possible",[10] respectively. Were theonlyPop Archaeology site combining scientific research with out-of-the-box perspectives. National Geographic 62 (Nov.): 513-80. Dick Grayson grew up, keeping his identity as Robin into adulthood after Bruce Wayne retired from crime-fighting and married Selina Kyle, better known as Catwoman. 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. Aisholpan loves it, which is good. But Aisholpan is a rarity, and an especially telegenic one at that. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings. "The blessing scene - he said he was going to do this, I just asked him to do it outside. 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Keen, Dennis. 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. FIG 2.10. This line was recast to say that Aisholpan is "the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family" to be an eagle huntress. 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. A lot of adventurous tourists will come along and spend a night or two with them and take lots of photos. ( www.davidbaxendale.com, Flickr/ CC BY-ND 2.0 ), O'Connor, Rebecca. "I thought we need to throw the kitchen sink at this thing, to do justice to this big landscape and these remarkable characters," he says. Parents need to know that The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about an extraordinary 13-year-old named Aisholpan Nurgai, who strives to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her nomadic Mongolian tribe's history. Tarim,! 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. He had stumbled across her in the outside mountains of northwest Mongolia. Huge thumbs up to the filmmakers and their journey to capture such a great story in a cinematic way. A scene from "The Eagle Huntress.". It looks like 30 people shot it, but in reality it was only three of us. And I was like, 'Oh, God, we're going to have to come back'. An extraordinary young woman, Aisholpan has become an empowering example for girls around the world. Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a 13-year-old girl living with her nomadic family in Mongolia's Altai mountains, a harsh, unforgiving place of isolation and physical duress. In an article dated 26 February 2013 by Nadezhda Plyaskina called "The Basic Instinct" with a photo by Roman Egorov,[24] Akbota Bagashar is noted as having competed at the "Sonar-2013" festival, near Nura, a 3 day competition with 40 competitors, involving shirga (lures) and live prey. "The pressure gave me more will and power. The Iliad can provide new insights on the role of motherhood among the ancient Greek gods, and by extension, amongst ancient mortal Greek women themselves. (Photo courtesy of Stefan Cruysberghs) 2016. The story of the Eagle Huntress is simple and heartwarming. I just didn't know how to get it finished. Part of the films better-than-Disney magic comes from the fact that its protagonist's (Aisholpan)father, a champion Eagle Hunter, trains her despite objections of the community elders. 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 . 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. "I can't pay you," he warned, "but we're going to go track down this girl, see what the story is.". 2014. If you are determined enough, there are people out there who will help and want to help. Amanbol at Eagle Festival, Ulgii, Mongolia, 2014. "Kissaki Films' Otto Bell to Direct Ashol-Pan Documentary." 2009. Bell: Find a way to finish. After some initial misses, her eaglet successfully kills its first fox and she returns home. It's a dramatic moment with Aisholpan climbing down a cliff, her father holding a rope attached to her waist. Her older brother had joined the army and Aisholpan was helping to carry on the family legacy. She actually captures her own Eagle chick whilst her father lowers her . 2012. "We took about 700 kilos [1500 lbs.] He passed away between Sundance and Telluride, so we dedicated the film to him. Central Asian Falconry Project. 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. Astana Times (Kazakhstan), Nov. 17. http://astanatimes.com/2014/11/expert-falconers-gather-kokshetau-honour-legendary-falconer-masip-batyrkhanuly/, Zhumatov, Shamil. The Eagle Huntress, a documentary about a Kazakh nomad girl in Mongolia learning to hunt with a golden eagle, divides opinion. "I get it; I understand why the cynical critics pooh-pooh it. But the fundamentals of the film are confirmed by Aisholpan herself. "Get lost! It's not like you can really direct, either; you can't be like, "Go back to one." Nope. Bell: Oh, it was the biggest whim of my life. The men in her family have been eagle hunters for seven generations,[6] and she wants to follow in their footsteps. Returns home to carry on the family legacy Central Asia the men in her left hand and forearm is 2016. They're called bread loaf vans because they look like a bread loaf. Aisholpan stated her desire to study medicine and become a doctor. Bell: Exactly, yeah. Both Mongolia and the Kazakh community have a long history of women's equality in education, government, medicine, and other fields. 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. Karl Quinn is on facebook at karlquinnjournalist and on Twitter @karlkwin. The great excitement surrounding their extraordinary accomplishments is a powerful affirmation of the egalitarian values that were once taken for granted among the ancient steppe nomad cultures. Will Dunn in the New Statesman is also bothered by the film's "re-enactment and editorialising", though he notes that without the imposed girl-power narrative it's "a film about the fox-hunting techniques of Mongolian Kazakhs, a subject that is not exactly a banker at the box office". "Is that the kind of thing you'd like to film?" That sort of thing. 150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time? For weeks at a time. We'd sleep in the ger [traditional Mongolian nomadic tent] at night, like ducks in a row. Her achievements are impressive. 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. Prelude to The Mandate . 2014. 2014. In all, the men of the Nurgaiv clan have been hunting with eagles for 12 generations. "Kazakhstan's Lone Female Eagle Hunter." 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. [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]. 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. Finding the Right Balance Between Weird and Cinematic with Cinematographer Ross Riege, Documentary Filmmaker/Multi-platform Producer. 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. This paper traces the ancient history of eagle falconry. Archaeologists working in a desolate and remote area of the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan have made a remarkable discovery. Interview with Otto Bell, Jan. 30. http://moveablefest.com/moveable_fest/2016/01/otto-bell-eagle-huntress.html, Svidensky, Asher. No Film School: How does someone who is making their first first film get Stacey Reiss, Morgan Spurlock, and Daisy Ridley on board? Amanbol at Eagle Festival, Ulgii, Mongolia, 2014. The pictures focus on 13-year-old Irka Bolen - who is being trained to work with these birds of prey (golden eagles). Afterwards, international distribution was handled by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. 1 Hour 27 Minutes. 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. Lauren McGough, American eagle huntress in Mongolia, 2009-2013. 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. Historian of Central Asian falconry Takuya Soma points out that falconry disappeared in other less open, sedentary societies. He told me: 'We need to think about what my father thinks of this.' 2011. NFS: Were you ever on horseback yourself? NFS You started to learn what to predict. 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? Especially in the winter.". They're intense, and they're determined to hunt. The Eagle Huntress, a documentary film set in Mongolia directed by Otto Bell and starring teenager Aisholpan Nurgaiv, debuted Sunday at Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. 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. The hardest thing I've ever done in my life. 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. 2010. Svidensky's photo essay of Aisholpan posing with her father's eagle went viral in 2014. All Rights Reserved. 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. September 19, 2016 at 7:47AM, Edited September 19, 7:47AM. http://www.barkman.nl/en/werk_compleet.jsp?categorie=1&nummer=1. In addition to her dreams of becoming an eagle huntress, she also wants to be a doctor when she grows up. ", 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. Origins article was published April 6, eagle huntress father died ring shows a nomad. ", But in truth that wasn't the first time Bell had seen her. Shohan's daughter, Eagle Festival, Ulgii, Mongolia, 2015. Thank you Liz, thank you Otto Bell, thank you Agalai and Aisholpan! In April 2014, the New York-based Englishman saw an online image of her setting an eagle free. Udriin Sonin (Daily News , Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia) Jan. 21. https://dnn.mn/n-aisholpan-the-eagle-huntress/. I had Morgan Spurlock's email from years ago, so I cheekily sent him a link to it. We seek to retell the story of our beginnings. Except I'd stayed longer than their average tourist. We didn't stage anything.". Just mountains, tents, gers, and goats. Interview with Aisholpan. Who will win? Director: Otto Bell. eagleto be their hunting companions, the early nomads made the harsh, unforgiving steppes into a land rich with accessible game for furs and food. Others were already on the trail, so Bell had to move quickly. He really helped. "Lauren McGough Apprentices wtih Eagle Faconers in Mongolia." And it's true that when he first saw that image of Aisholpan, he knew there was something zeitgeisty in it. I really enjoyed the research for this article. But since antiquity, the challenging conditions on the steppes have meant that men and women engaged in strenuous riding and other activities together. 1932. That one, he says, came out of order, but nothing else did. "Ethnoarchaeology of Ancient Falconry in East Asia." Otto Bell, director of The Eagle Huntress. Kyrgyzstan's Salburun festival began in 1997; Mongolia's festival began in Ulgii in 1999. The Beast with an insatiable Hunger for Human Flesh, Film Footage Provides Intimate View of HMS Gloucester Shipwreck, Top 8 Legendary Parties - Iconic Celebrations in Ancient History, The Spanish Inquisition: The Truth Behind the Black Legend (Part II), The Spanish Inquisition: The Truth behind the Dark Legend (Part I), Bloodthirsty Buddhists: The Sohei Warrior Monks of Feudal Japan. Ren Bo Hansen). What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? A lot of things broke. Aisholpan's younger sister intends to carry on the family's heritage when Aisholpan leaves for college. 2016. Remove Ads It must have been small if you were all sleeping in the ger. "Her bravery and her feats in that eagle hunting contest are really amazing and inspiring," she says. As far as reconstructing stuff and staging stuff, what you see on the screen is what we got.". Whats the Truth Behind the All-Seeing Eye of Providence? Our experts can deliver a "The Eagle Huntress" by Otto Bell essay. We Mongols are emancipated, Nirgidma declared in a National Geographic interview, a good horse and a wide plain, that's our desire.. 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. He is a two-time champion in the annual Golden Eagle festival; his father was a champion, too. AtAncient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. When he was away, he would ask me to look after his golden eagle, giving it sunlight or bringing it into the . When you're a nomad out there, you can go for days without seeing another soul. Eagle huntress at Nura Eagle Festival, Kazakhstan, 2013 (Ruta Production/Shutterstock), FIG 2.4. I just had to get there and make sure we captured it.". It is obvious to any astronomer that some of the brightest objects in the night sky are the planets. http://www.primaoutdoor.com/lauren-mcgough-apprentices-with-eagle-falconers-in-mongolia/. If they maybe can't read lines and lines of subtitles, this gives them little hand-holds to help navigate the film. Ancient Chinese Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago Really Worked! "Those guys are used to being photographed, let's put it that way," says Bell. As a child she helped her father with his eagle and at 13 Makpal began training her own eagle Ak Zhelke (White Neck). Aisholpan Nurgaiv's story is both unique and universally relatable: a memoir of survival, empowerment, and the positive impact of one person's triumph. I take it as a bit of a compliment, actually. Despite her criticisms of the film, the historian Adrienne Mayor agrees that Aisholpan is a worthy heroine. "It took up my entire life savings of $80,000. FIG 2.6. Read about our approach to external linking. He got me a place to edit. A soaring documentary of a feminist journey, an Israeli screwball comedy, Black Swan for kids, and a . The photo that started it all.Credit:Asher Svidensky, "I was hoping to get the exclusive rights to tell the story, and maybe film a bit of her life 'this is her, she walks, she talks; it's real' and bring that back to financiers," he says. 2016. It was called one of the most significant finds Shambhala, which is a Sanskrit word meaning place of peace or place of silence, is a mythical paradise spoken of in ancient texts, including the Kalachakra Tantra and the ancient scriptures of the Zhang Zhung culture which predated Tibetan Buddhism in western Tibet. He saved me. "I think eagle hunting would be open to any young woman who would want to pursue it," Mayor says. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 94% approval rating based on 126 reviews with an average rating of 7.41/10. 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. Aisholpan Nurgaiv, the rosy-cheeked 13-year-old heroine, is trained by her father to hunt on horseback with a golden eagle - traditionally a male pursuit - and shocks everyone by winning the prestigious eagle-hunters' competition held annually in the town of Ulgii, in north-western Mongolia. At the 2013 festival in Nura she was awarded a prize by virtue of being the only female competing. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS is executive produced and narrated by STAR WARS's Daisy Ridley. And it's one of a number of scenes that some critics have assumed was staged. Executive producers, Morgan Spurlock, Daisy Ridley, Jeremy Chilnick, Dan Cogan, Regina K. Scully, Marc H. Simon, Barbara Dobkin, Susan Maclaury.. It's a nice way they supplement their base income of herding. On "The Eagle Huntress" documentary film rights. The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi is a monument in Turkestan, a city in southern Kazakhstan. The trailer flashes . There are plenty of people out there. 2023 BBC. I've never seen anything like this. According to Kottak, ___________ is a sacred impersonal force existing in the universe, which can reside in people, animals, plants, and objects. 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. Tim Robey in the Telegraph describes as "woefully unspontaneous" a scene where a newsreader on the radio in the family's tent is heard talking about the forthcoming eagle festival, and Aisholpan pipes up to plead with her parents for permission to enter. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan 10. http://www.startribune.com/mongolian-visit-takes-flight-with-eagle-hunting/288072881/#1. It gave me the inspiration to win," she says. 2016 Directed by Otto Bell Synopsis Witness one girl's dream take flight Follow 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 rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries. In The Eagle Huntress, who is Aisholpan's main advocate? Not everyone continues eagle hunting: military service, education, marriage, family, and employment can intervene. Having guests has a true intrinsic importance to their lives. Eagle hunting is a sacred tradition in Mongolia, handed down from father to son for centuries. Watch the Trailer Here! Interview with Otto Bell. 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. "I wanted to not have a client or brand objectives, that sort of stuff," he says. 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. "A Year After Her Photo Went Viral, How Has Teenage Eagle Hunter's Life Changed?" I actually dragged the film about two-thirds of the way through production, to just after the [Eagle Hunting] Festival. Move heaven and earth. Shes the most important critic. In 2010, falconry historian Dennis Keen photographed Makpal with her eagle. http://www.catersnews.com/stories/animals/golden-eagles-spectacularly-spread-their-wings-to-catch-their-prey/, Kremer, William. We knew they would do things five, 10, 20 times until she got it right. "I told my dad that I wanted to become an eagle huntress.". I've never really seen Agalai, the father, get that emotional. And a GoPro sometimes on Aisholpan. 1997. "From the Mediterranean to the Yellow Sea by Motor." 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. Makpal and her eagle, 2010, Kazakhstan. The father likes to sit outside anyway, he likes to watch the goats. NFS: Tell me about the crew set-up. Mudlarker Finds Bronze Age Shoe on a UK Riverbank Dated 2,800 Years Old! mana. Move heaven and earth.". Thegoal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe. Documentary-maker Otto Bell's debut feature tells the story of Aisholpan, a 13-year-old powerhouse bucking centuries of tradition with her quest to become modern-day Mongolia's first prominent . He was broke, but a friend had years earlier given him an email address for Morgan Spurlock, the gonzo documentary maker who came to fame with Super Size Me. (Photo courtesy Dennis Keen), In 2009, Reuters released a video of the young eagle huntress Makpal Abdrazakova competing in an eagle festival in Kazakhstan. The Eagle Huntress not only follows Aisholpan's struggle to train her own eagle, but also her preparation for a male-dominated annual competition with more 70 other hunters.. The film's soundtrack features the original song "Angel by the Wings" by Sia, which was released worldwide on 2 December 2016. Reuters YouTube video, Dec. 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxzClfYV6WY. You never want to stop them. It's different for film critics or sophisticated cinemagoers, but we did want it to be a film for young people and their families. New York Times, Women in the World, Oct. 16. http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/10/16/ashol-pan-eagle-hunter/, Torrelio, Sebastian. 4.3 51 Ratings. He is a two-time champion in the annual Golden Eagle festival; his father was a champion, too. Asher Svidensky's photo that inspired 'The Eagle Huntress', How John Paino Built (And Destroyed) a World for 'The Last of Us'. It raises the question Liz has answered so thoroughly: How could it possibly be a documentary? The Chilling Mystery of the Octavius Ghost Ship, What is a Wendigo? It shows how strong women are.". "I haven't seen anything like this, how can I help you get this thing finished," he wrote. A Mongol horsewoman-eagle huntress who became a celebrity in Europe in the 1920s was Princess Nirgidma (1907-1983). I filmed it like I would film a live sports event," he says. Tradition stands in her way. Photo by Maynard Owen Williams, National Geographic 1932 (Public Domain), The turbulent history and isolation of Central Asia makes it difficult to trace eagle hunters in the modern era. Congratulations NFS and thank you for writing this article. By the very nature of training, there's a lot of repetition. 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