2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

Te Ara (The Path) & Carne et Ossa

Expired November 9, 2023 6:59 AM
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Te Ara is a story of two powerful women who have both faced adversity. At the documentary’s heart is the heroic resilience of a young Maori woman, who is determined to reconnect with her inner-strength starting in her own backyard.


In a small town perched in the mountains of Abruzzo, a unique competition has been held for centuries. Every year, in Pacentro, locals throw themselves from a cliff onto scree slopes where they run down to the stream, before running back up. An ancestral rite, the origins of which are unknown, participants of the Corsa are tied to the indissoluble relationship between nature and man.


Photo credit: From the film Carne et Ossa


Films Included

Te Ara (The Path) (49 mins)

Carne et Ossa (56 mins)


Please note: If you don’t finish viewing this program within your 24-hour window, you can reaccess the program for additional 24-hour periods as required (final access available at November 8, 11:59pm).

Holly Beckham is on a mission, to be the first Maori wahine to scale Everest. Lydia Bradey ONZM, the first woman to summit Chomolungma without oxygen, will be her mentor – and after many years of being a mountain guide, this will be her swansong. This is a story of two powerful women who have both faced adversity. At the documentary’s heart is the heroic resilience of a young Maori woman, who is determined to reconnect with her inner-strength starting in her own backyard.


Photo credit: Pedro Pimentel

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    48:28
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    New Zealand
  • Premiere
    North American Premiere
  • Director
    Alexis Smith
  • Producer
    Greenstone TV, Alex Reed