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Skydancer (2011)
Directed by Katja Esson
Documentary · 1h 15m
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. In this nuanced portrait of modern Native Americans' double lives, Jerry McDonald Thundercloud and his colleague Sky shuttle between the hard-drinking Brooklyn lodging houses they call home during the week and their rural reservation, a grueling drive six hours north, where a family weekend awaits. While the men are away working, their wives often struggle to keep their children away from the illegal temptations of an economically deprived area.
Crew
- Director
- Katja Esson
- Director of Photography
- Martina Radwan
- Original Music Composer
- Matthias Falkenau, Robby Baier
- Editor
- Felix Drawe, Anke Wiesenthal
- Producer
- Katja Esson
Details
- Release date
- 2011-11-13
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Penelope Pictures