Paraíso

Year
2012
Country
USA
Duration:
10 mins

Overview

40th Anniversary Retrospective: From the Vault Program
Like urban mountaineers, the immigrant window washers profiled in this short incisive film rappel down sheer cliffs of city glass. Knowing that a fatal fall may await them over the edge of any given skyscraper, they are nonetheless happy to take the risk because it yields a far better life than any they could ever hope for in their home countries. Still, their thoughts away from the job are unusually prone to existential musings.

Production Team

Director
Nadav Kurtz

Festival Screenings

Featured in the 2012 Mountainfilm Festival.