Girls Don't Fly (2016)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Jan 20, 2016

Runtime : 1h 31m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Mischief Films, INDI FILM

Countries : Austria, Germany

Keywords : woman director