Girls Don't Fly (2016)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 31M

Director : Monika Grassl

Synopsis

An airstrip, a hangar and a classroom somewhere in rural Ghana: This is the place where 18-year-old Lydia and 20-year-old Esther hope to achieve their dream: learning how to fly. They have joined the first aviation school for girls in West Africa. There, an ambitious Englishman wants to train young women from rural areas to become pilots. Yet, during training and everyday life at the Aviation Academy Western ideals collide with African values, and the girls gradually realize, that their dream of flying comes at a price.

Actors

Crews

Monika Grassl
Monika Grassl
Director
Monika Grassl
Monika Grassl
Writer
Petra Lisson
Petra Lisson
Cinematography
Julia Hönemann
Julia Hönemann
Cinematography
Sven Kulik
Sven Kulik
Editor
Ralph Wieser
Ralph Wieser
Producer
Arek Gielnik
Arek Gielnik
Producer

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