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An American Ascent (2014)
Directed by Andy Adkins, George Potter
“From every mountainside, let freedom ring”
Documentary · 1h 09m
An American Ascent documents the first African American expedition to tackle Denali, North America's highest peak and explores the complex relationship many African-Americans have with the outdoors. As the United States transitions to a 'minority majority' nation, a staggering number of people of color do not identify with America's wild places. By embarking on the grueling multi-week climb of the 20,327ft Denali, nine African-American climbers set out to bridge this 'adventure gap' - challenging outdated notions of what adventure looks like by changing the face of America's biggest and baddest mountain on the 100th anniversary of its first summit.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Andy Adkins, George Potter
- Writer
- Andy Adkins, James Mills
- Editor
- Andy Adkins
- Producer
- Andy Adkins, George Potter
Details
- Release date
- 2014-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Wild Vision, Floating Point