An American Ascent
2014
From every mountainside, let freedom ring
- Andy Adkins,George Potter
- 1h 9m
- January 1, 2014
Overview
An American Ascent documents the first African American expedition to tackle Denali, North America's highest peak and explores the complex relationship many African-Americans have with the outdoors. As the United States transitions to a 'minority majority' nation, a staggering number of people of color do not identify with America's wild places. By embarking on the grueling multi-week climb of the 20,327ft Denali, nine African-American climbers set out to bridge this 'adventure gap' - challenging outdated notions of what adventure looks like by changing the face of America's biggest and baddest mountain on the 100th anniversary of its first summit.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 2014
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Wild Vision,Floating Point
- Cast
- Shelton Johnson,Stephen Shobe,Erica Wynn,Tyrhee Moore,Scott Briscoe,Billy Long,Rosemary Saal,Ryan Mitchell,Stephen DeBerry,Adina Scottand 10 more
- Director
- Andy Adkins,George Potter
- Writer
- Andy Adkins,James Mills
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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