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The Eagle Huntress (2016)

The director Otto Bell said, "[The Altai mountains are] the most remote part of the least-populated country in the world". In this corner of the world, Nurgaiv is training his 13 year old daughter, Aisholpan, to be the first eagle huntress in the history of the nomadic Mongol clans. He is opposed by conservative elders. Others stare doubtfully or laugh outright at him. He tells Aisholpan she is better than most men. She can do anything a boy can. The documentary proves his words. Aisholpan carries a 10 kg female eaglet on her arm while riding a sturdy mountain pony straight-backed across uneven terrain. Neither her balance or her strength falter. She is sculpted by the mountains and colored by winds that blows across the steppes. She is the living, breathing representation of all that Disney ever dreamed of when they created Moana-Mulan-Pocahontas.