• SKYDANCER

    SKYDANCER



  • SKYDANCER

    SKYDANCER



SKYDANCER

by katja esson

SKYDANCER

Germany | 2011 | 72:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
The Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center: for more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called ‘sky walkers’ because they walk fearlessly atop steel beams just a foot wide, high above the city.
Who are these Mohawk sky walkers? What is their secret for overcoming fear? Has ‘sky walking’ replaced an ancient rite of passage? Or is it the pure need to adapt in order to survive?
And what is their life really like, when every Friday at quitting time, they jump in their cars and make the eight-hour drive up north to their families on the reservation?
SKYDANCER is a feature length documentary that takes a provocative look at Indian life in the 21st Century.
Festivals/Awards
2011
Brooklyn FF
Hot Springs IDF
American Indian FF San Francisco
Salem FF
2012
One World HRFF Prague
Cast and Crew
  • Director katja esson
  • Director of Photography Martina Radwan, katja esson
  • Editor Anke Wiesenthal
Original Languages

English

Production Company
Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH
Pfaffendorfer Str. 26, 04105 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 9839697

leipzig@majade.de
http://www.majade.de
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