Michelle Parker. Caite Zeliff. Brooklyn Bell. This subsequent movie is filled with massive names, massive traces, and massive smiles, and it carries an enormous accomplishment. ‘Nexus’ is the primary feature-length movie completely directed and produced by an all-female workforce.
The movie opens with two buddies, two decades-long skiers, two locals in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Right away, the nostalgic banter between Jane Gallie and Margo Krisjansons makes you need to seize a cup of scorching chocolate, pull up a chair, and hearken to their tales. Oh, and snigger.
Nexus is a kind of movies you’ll be able to’t assist however grin and snigger together with. But it’s additionally a kind of movies each couple of minutes that actually makes you cease and suppose there are such a lot of rad ladies on the market on skis. So, why are extra not represented in badass ski movies?
The creators of Nexus needed to alter that, in order that they made it that includes an all-female solid — and had ladies direct, produce, shoot images for, and movie it.
The ski movie highlights 5 distinct teams of feminine skiers, their connection to the mountains, and the way snowboarding shapes their relationships. Each section explores how the mountains have been a transformative place for every of those athletes, and what they’ve realized from their time on skis.
Ski places within the movie embody Jackson Hole, Wyo.; Alaska; Colorado; Washington; Revelstoke, British Columbia — and extra.
We just lately watched the complete movie and liked it. It’s humorous, inspiring, and positively relatable. And 100% price watching if you may make it to a present (Nexus is at the moment on tour).
Don’t imagine us? Nexus received the award for greatest Storytelling earlier this yr on the if3 Film Festival.
You can catch Nexus on the upcoming dates throughout the U.S. and Canada: November 22, November 30, December 1, December 2, December 6, December 16, and December 21. Find tickets and screening places on-line.
Runtime (trailer): 3 minutes
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