Project Detail

The Aviatrix

Synopsis

In 1928, Lady Heath became the first person to fly solo from Cape Town to London. Eighty five years later, Tracey Curtis-Taylor sets out in a vintage open cockpit biplane to fly that adventure again. We follow the challenges she faces flying 10,000 miles up the length of Africa, vulnerable to the weather, flying through politically unstable countries and facing enormous physical demands. Desperate to make her life long dream come true - does she have what it takes?

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Details

Year: 2014
Type of project: Features
Running time: 80 mins
Director: Annette Porter 1st Feature
Producer: Helen Morrell, Annette Porter
Executive Producer: Paul Crmpton
Screenwriter: Annette Porter
Director of Photography: Matt Green
Sound: Matt Cheney
Composer: Heather Fenoughty
Principal cast: Tracey Curtis Taylor

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

South Africa, UK, Uganda, Egypt, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Botswana, Sudan coproduction

Nylon Films (UK)

annette@nylonfilms.co.uk

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