The Sanctity of Space (Festival Premiere)

Trailer HERE 

This movie, with its high production values, has multiple threads and for anyone who loves, exploration, photography, adventure, climbing and  history its a must. 

Brad Washburn was the greatest aerial mountain photographer of all time and a pretty handy adventurer. Hanging out the open door of an airplane, he flew above unmapped mountain ranges - capturing iconic images with which he could make maps, pursue scientific inquiries, discover first ascents, and inspire people. 

More than eighty years after Washburn first photographed Denali from the air, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson look at some of Washburn’s images and have this crazy idea: rather than go up, their dream is to go sideways — across the range’s most forbidding peaks, the Mooses Tooth massif. 

Amidst the multiple challenges the climbers face  Washburn’s own incredible story comes to life through stunning archivals and recreations. As a young man he…