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BRAVE NEW WILDdirector: Oakley Anderson-Moore (76 min, 2015)
BRAVE NEW WILD is an offbeat chronicle of America’s Golden Age of rock climbing before and after the controversial ascent of the Dawn Wall in 1970. Some forty years later, Oakley Anderson-Moore, the daughter of a pioneering climber, stumbles upon her father's old hi8 tapes, and sets out to answer the question: why climb when there's nothing to gain -- and everything to lose? Wry humor and an eclectic original soundtrack punctuate the delinquent antics of the Vulgarians in the ‘Gunks, the larger-than-life rivalry of Yosemite’s rock gods, and the fruit tramping, freight train hopping hobodom of her dad’s climbing life. This film is quintessential viewing for those who long for adventure. |
About the Filmmaker
Oakley Anderson-Moore is from a small town in Washington but spent half her childhood living in foreign countries from Brazil to Italy. After graduating with highest distinction in Media:Film/Video at UC San Diego, she profiled inspirational youth for Nike’s Play City campaign. She is a feature writer at Nofilmschool.com, interviewing directors from Robert Duvall to Kat Candler. BRAVE NEW WILD was one of ten accepted into the 2012 IFP Independent Doc Lab, and marks her feature documentary debut.
