May 13, 2010

Granny

We broke 4,000 with help from my grandma. This is what my granny says about our film. “Marah is a true artist….you can just feel the thrill of each jump,and the vibrant personalities of the men and women engaged is this project…………live it vicariously.and JUMP in yourself with a pledge of 50 to 100 suportive dollars………” Granny Jeannie

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Gravity is a non-fiction feature that captures what it feels like to jump off a building, cliff or bridge and walk away alive. It is about the essence of life, of freedom, of what it feels like, for a moment, to defy gravity, and to fly.

In the early eighties Carl Boenish coined the acronym “BASE” (standing for Buildings, Antenna, Span, and Earth, the objects jumped) and invented a sport. Carl was the catalyst behind modern BASE jumping; an electrical engineer and filmmaker who believed that BASE jumping would allow mankind to overcome artificial limitations. He religiously chronicled the early days of BASE in beautiful 16mm film, often with cameras mounted to the jumpers’ heads. He saw BASE as the next amazing thing to film. Subscribe via RSS.