Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Erdenchimeg (11) has her mind set on becoming a famous contortionist – a speciality of Mongolian acrobats. Her team at the circus school is invited to become part of a prestigious show on the parliament square. But suddenly Erdenchimeg seems incapable of managing her exercise. The prospect of becoming the ‘odd one out’ on her team is all the more frightening because her dad is imprisoned, her mother is a former drunk and Erdenchimeg was only admitted to the circus school as an act of good will. Not just her own dreams, but also the dignity of her family is at stake. But in the end she finds her inner strength and pulls through!
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction connecting the East and West. It created curiosity among cultures, for example with tea and silk from China suddenly sold in Venice. The trading may be a thing of the past, but the culture is still there… We chose the Silk Road because we want to show the kids how colorful the world is and to create understanding and curiosity of the different cultures. What if we all had less prejudice and more curiosity? Would the world be more colorful and less hierarchical? Would there be more empathy? Could we in the West try to learn from other cultures?
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 00:34 - Girl Against Gravity - Kids on the Silk Road (Mongolia)
▷ 20:19 - Credits
#documentary #fulldocumentary #mongolia #contortionist #mongoliancontortionist #circus #silkroad
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Original title: Girl Against Gravity - Kids on the Silk Road (S1/E1)
A film by Jens Pedersen, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Simon Lereng Wilmont & Camilla Magid
© 2017, Licensed by Autlook
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Watch all episodes here: bit.ly/kids_on_the_silk_road
Erdenchimeg (11) has her mind set on becoming a famous contortionist – a speciality of Mongolian acrobats. Her team at the circus school is invited to become part of a prestigious show on the parliament square. But suddenly Erdenchimeg seems incapable of managing her exercise. The prospect of becoming the ‘odd one out’ on her team is all the more frightening because her dad is imprisoned, her mother is a former drunk and Erdenchimeg was only admitted to the circus school as an act of good will. Not just her own dreams, but also the dignity of her family is at stake. But in the end she finds her inner strength and pulls through!
The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that were central to cultural interaction connecting the East and West. It created curiosity among cultures, for example with tea and silk from China suddenly sold in Venice. The trading may be a thing of the past, but the culture is still there… We chose the Silk Road because we want to show the kids how colorful the world is and to create understanding and curiosity of the different cultures. What if we all had less prejudice and more curiosity? Would the world be more colorful and less hierarchical? Would there be more empathy? Could we in the West try to learn from other cultures?
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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 00:34 - Girl Against Gravity - Kids on the Silk Road (Mongolia)
▷ 20:19 - Credits
#documentary #fulldocumentary #mongolia #contortionist #mongoliancontortionist #circus #silkroad
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Subscribe to wocomoHUMANITY: goo.gl/5Sp36B
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/wocomo
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Original title: Girl Against Gravity - Kids on the Silk Road (S1/E1)
A film by Jens Pedersen, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Simon Lereng Wilmont & Camilla Magid
© 2017, Licensed by Autlook
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Documentaries about people and cultures from around the globe: wocomoHUMANITY offers high-quality content which is produced by leading production companies.
Check out our other channels to watch high quality documentaries:
▷ wocomoDOCS: youtube.com/wocomoDOCS
▷ wocomoWILDLIFE: youtube.com/wocomoWILDLIFE
▷ wocomoHISTORY: youtube.com/wocomoHISTORY
▷ wocomoTRAVEL: youtube.com/wocomoTRAVEL
▷ wocomoCOOK: youtube.com/wocomoCOOK
Wocomo HUMANITY is part of the Wocomo channel network by NIKITA VENTURES. Wocomo - wonderful content in motion.
