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Valley Uprising

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2014 · 99 min Adventure Documentary History
7.7 / 10 · TMDB

Granite monoliths of Yosemite cradle a tribe of vertical anarchists. The 1960s' dirtbag climbers transform the valley into a theater of audacious ascents and renegade living — ghost camping in hidden ledges, dumpster-diving feasts, and raucous parties under sequoia shadows. Their counterculture collides with the starched uniforms of the National Park Service. On the towering walls, a silent war unfolds: generation after generation defies gravity itself, etching new laws onto the stone, where the only true authority is the next impossible route.

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Year 2014
Country United States of America
Genre Adventure, Documentary, History
Director Nick Rosen
Runtime 99 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.7/10 (96 votes)

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The film thrills not just with vertigo-inducing climbing footage, but with its raw chronicle of human obsession. It captures the spirit of those who traded security for vertical freedom, rewriting the meaning of life on the edge.

What lingers after the credits is the echo of hammered pitons and the realization that some revolutions are fought not on streets, but on sheer rock faces, one daring move at a time. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Nick Rosen

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