In the 2002 New Zealand film “Whale Rider” (directed by Niki Caro), a 13-year-old Maori girl named Paikea disrupts an ancient tradition of progeniture — a system that pre-ordains the eldest son as ...

When: 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1. Where: Vilar Performing Arts Center, 68 Avondale Lane, Beaver Creek. Cost: Free. More information: Visit http://www.vilarpac.org ...

The documentary “The Eagle Huntress,” which plays Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 9-10, at the Waco Hippodrome, soars with a story as simple and straightforward as its title. It’s the tale of Aisholpan, a 13 ...

Girl power takes flight in this upbeat documentary about a 13-year-old Kazakh girl in the remote Altai Mountains who flouts centuries of tradition to become the first female eagle hunter in her family ...

“The Eagle Huntress” is Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl who wants to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to be an eagle hunter, defying an all-male tradition and go through ...

Is there no end to Daisy Ridley's talents? She's now signed on to executive produce her first film. According to Deadline, the Star Wars actress is taking on The Eagle Huntress, which is the true ...

Director Otto Bell’s documentary actually plays out like a cool, dramatic adventure film as a young girl aims to be the first eagle hunter in her family. Aisholpan, a 13 year-old Mongolian girl living ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a Kazakh girl trained by her father from childhood to be an eagle huntress and is the star of the award-winning documentary ...

The Eagle Huntress is the spellbinding true story of Aisholpan, a 13-yearold Mongolian girl who is striving to become the first female Eagle Huntress in 2,000 years of male-dominated history. This ...