Mina Bakhshi, Haniya Tavasoli and Rabia Hussain had a fair amount of latitude for women in Afghanistan, able to pursue their education, go to work, and explore hobbies and interests. Joining Ascend, a nonprofit organization teaching leadership and rock climbing to women, gave them the chance to test their personal and cultural limits and explore the mountains of their home country. But when the Taliban took over in August 2021, Ascend became their one chance to escape a regime that would restrict their freedoms and future.

‘Odyssey’ is a road movie that celebrates the best of British trad climbing. From the bold Northumbe...

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child...

King Lines follows Chris Sharma on his search for the planet's greatest climbs. From South American ...

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A cocktail of diverse climbing, from hard trad onsights and first ascents, to intense limestone spor...

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Self Rescue for Climbers DVD is a comprehensive guide to problem solving in climbing situations, it ...

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Winter Sessions provides a playful yet compelling bouldering film about the unique and intense world...

In a drought-struck region in India, suffering from climate change and a high suicide rate amongst f...

From filmmaker Alun Hughes, Upside Down Wales is a window into the world of 3D and upside down climb...

An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo B...

Amir, shot during the height of the Afghan civil war in the 1980s, investigates and portrays the lif...

Best friends Hazel Findlay and Maddy Cope journey to the rocky outer reaches of Mongolia, on a quixo...

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This film is a glimpse of the traditional life of the Afghan people, their culture and their music, ...

This Russian documentary offered tantalizing glimpses of Afghanistan, which in 1929 was still one of...