The Eagle Huntress

The Eagle Huntress features a feminist message that’s easy to get behind and an inherently charismatic subject who’s easy to root for, so it’s difficult to separate one’s affection for the symbolic and societal importance of Aisholpan’s journey from the film’s merits as a documentary.

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Aisholpan is a 13-year-old girl who lives in Mongolia, dividing her time between a boarding school and her nomadic family’s campsite.

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A rite-of-passage movie about a girl’s dreams of being the first female to enter the Golden Eagle competition is pleasantly feelgood, plus it’s narrated by Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley.

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“The Eagle Huntress,” a sky-high documentary salute to girl power, is at its best when it soars with a purity of purpose while propelled by a humbly determined 13-year-old Mongolian girl on the brink of breaking through an ancient gender divide.

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Portrait of Mongolian girl who defies tradition to become an eagle-hunting champion soars high.

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Aisholpan's liberation is a sign of the growing pressure that the outside world exerts on a once isolated community.

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A 13-year-old nomadic Mongolian girl breaks a traditional role's gender barrier in this entertaining documentary.

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A 13-year-old girl sets out to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her nomadic Kazakh family.

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Documentary director Otto Bell follows a 13-year-old girl from Mongolia who is set to become the first woman to participate in an exclusively male tradition.

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