2024 · documentary · sports
Skywalkers: A Love Story
Directed by Jeff Zimbalist1h 41m2024
Two real-life daredevils test the limits of their love and trust by illegally scaling one of the world's tallest buildings to perform an acrobatic stunt.
Our read: Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded documentary · sports entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured documentary / sports, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- warm
- brisk
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