Short film
Slate Monkeys
2009 · 15 min
A short, quietly absorbing portrait of three climbers testing themselves against strange rock, mixing grit, craft and personality.
- Directed by
- Paul Diffley
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Matt Segal, Hazel Findlay, Johnny Dawes
- Overview
- SERIES | Monkey see monkey do (1/4) Set in the post-industrial landscape of a disused Welsh slate quarry, this films follows three very different climbers as they battle their way up some unusual climbing. Matt Segal, a professional climber from the U.S.; Hazel Findlay, a young student from England; and Johnny Dawes, the British climbing legend from the 1980s, take it in turn to crimp, squirm and wriggle their way up the esoteric route "Gin Palace".
- How it feels
- Earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Obsession, ambition, identity, nature
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Paul Diffley
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Matt Segal, Hazel Findlay, Johnny Dawes
