2018 · documentary · sport
Free Solo
Directed by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi1h 40m2018
Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
Our read: Free Solo (2018) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded documentary · sport entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured documentary / sport, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- intense
- redemptive
- intimate
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