CinemaOSMovie · 2016 · 1h 31m

Girls Don't Fly

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An airstrip, a hangar and a classroom somewhere in rural Ghana: This is the place where 18-year-old Lydia and 20-year-old Esther hope to achieve their dream: learning how to fly. They have joined the first aviation school for girls in West Africa. There, an ambitious Englishman wants to train young women from rural areas to become pilots. Yet, during training and everyday life at the Aviation Academy Western ideals collide with African values, and the girls gradually realize, that their dream of flying comes at a price.

Directed byMonika Grassl

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Released
Runtime
1h 31m
Language
EN
Released
January 20, 2016
Studios
Mischief FilmsINDI FILM

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Monika Grassl
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Produced by
Ralph Wieser
Arek Gielnik

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