Body of a Line
Body of a Line
Henna Taylor
United States / 2023 / 10' / Italian premiere
Body of a Line
Henna Taylor
United States / 2023 / 10' / Italian premiere

In this animated documentary, Madaleine Sorkin undertakes an intimate and creative journey to climb the most difficult rock climb above 13,500 feet in the world: the Dunn-Westbay Direct on Longs Peak (Neniisoteyou’u) in Colorado. Captured entirely in real life, this film kaleidoscopes 7229 frames of original artwork, music and poetry. It’s a climbing film unlike anything you've seen before.

Language: English

Subtitles: Italian

Director

Henna Taylor

A self-taught documentary filmmaker. She began making short videos of her time living with four rural midwives in Cambodia. She has since written, directed, filmed, edited, and produced six award-winning short documentary films. AN ACCIDENTAL LIFE is her first feature length documentary.

Awards

Genziana d’Argento – Miglior Contributo Tecnico-Artistico
Ed. 2024
Henna Taylor’s new stylish animated documentary adventure is about Madaleine Sorkin’s Dunn-Westboy Direct on Longs Peak, over a “No Falls”-day accomplishment. It is described with a heartful narration across her ongoing attempts to achieve this goal. To paraphrase Madaleine, ‘It Feels Like Symphony in Our Body’.

Gallery

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