''First Descent'' is a 2005
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about
snowboarding and its beginning in the 1980s.
The snowboarders featured in this movie (
Shawn Farmer,
Nick Perata,
Terje Haakonsen Terje may refer to:
* Terje (name), a form of the Scandinavian name Torgeir
*Tria ( hu, Terje), a village in the commune of Derna, Bihor
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,
Hannah Teter and
Shaun White
Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X ...
with guest appearances from
Travis Rice) represent three generations of snowboarders and the progress this young sport has made over the past two decades. Most of the movie was shot in
Alaska
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and its back country.
It is the first movie to be produced and financed by the soft-drink company
Mountain Dew
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.
Credits
* Kemp Curly - producer, editor
* Kevin Harrison - producer, director
* Marc Joubert - co-producer
* John Kaplan - co-producer
* Jack Kelly - coordinating producer
* Paula Martone - line producer
*
Larry Tanz
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- executive producer
First Descent (2005)
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See also
* Step Into Liquid
Notes
External links
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2005 films
Snowboarding
Universal Pictures films
Films shot in Alaska
2000s English-language films
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