Narrated by Daisy Ridley, The Eagle Huntress is an awe-inspiring documentary that follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, rising to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. The breathtaking expanse of the Mongolian steppe gives this intimate tale of a young girl’s quest the dramatic force of an epic narrative, as Aisholopan trains with her father’s eagle and then sets out to capture one of her own. Eventually she enters the Golden Eagle Festival, and faces off against 70 men who are the greatest Kazakh eagle hunters in Mongolia. Director: Otto Bell. (UK/US 2016) 87 min.