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Skydancer

2011-11-13 en 75m
Documentary
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.

Director

Katja Esson

Producer

Katja Esson

Co-Producer

Heino Deckert

Co-Producer

Sabine Schenk

Associate Producer

Reaghan Tarbell

Associate Producer

Katharina M. Trebitsch

native american construction

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Penelope Pictures

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