Under a Mongolian Sky
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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A whisper in the wind, a silence in the stars. Western Mongolia contained a humble beauty, a powerful vastness that’s lure only strengthened as time went on. Nainoa and I (I being Sam Potter) spent two weeks in the province of Bayan-Olgii getting to know the Kazakh eagle hunters who call these lands home. Every day started with the soft blue glow of dawn on our window, the rattle of a bitter wind trying to force its way in, and the fleeting moment of courage it took to remove oneself from the warm bundle of animal skins that made up our beds on the floor. Of course, that was nothing compared to the walk to the outhouse, or for that matter, being in the outhouse, which was four almost waist-high walls surrounding a hole in the ground. Here you’d walk out onto a plank of wood, pop a squat, and decide whether to stick your head up into the icy wind and away from the stench, or hunker down in the sweet sweet smell of warmth. I usually chose warmth, however, Nainoa said he preferred to brave the cold. After that, we’d saddle up and head off into the snow-capped countryside, from this point there are 100 stories I could tell you. Stories of snowstorms and wolves, adventures and eagle hunts, and of deliriousness and hysterical behavior. But the one I’d like to share, although a bit meek in comparison, holds great importance for both myself and the film. After a very long and very cold day, the sun was just starting to set as we returned home. Nainoa and I dismounted our horses and stumbled into the house after our host Esker. The fire was warm, the milk tea was hot, and the house was alive with the hustle and bustle of a mother's work. The young eagle huntresses, Igerim and Igerkh, had been with us shooting all day but were quick to shed their fur coats and help their mother. Nainoa and I were commanded to sit and drink our tea, but soon Nainoa Snuck off to upload footage, and I quietly started peeling potatoes. Tonight Aklut (Esker the eagle hunter’s wife) along with their 4 daughters were preparing a very important and delicious traditional dish, dumplings, and they were freaking amazing, but the reason this night was so special wasn’t because of the dumplings, but because of the friendships that were born. Barriers Were broken and true personalities came out. We laughed, played silly games and had staring contests. We cracked jokes, shared music, and ended up turning this quiet little brick house tucked far away amongst the Altai mountains into a full-blown dance party. These kinds of nights are the heart of everything to me, they’re why I do what I do, and they’re also the moments I’ll never be able to adequately share... no amount of words or cameras can capture them, and distracting myself with trying would be a shame. They’re little rays of pure light that shine through and remind me that we’re all connected, that we can communicate without ever speaking the same language and we can love someone we don't even know. I like to think that these moments are at the heart of our films, that although they can never be captured, they can be felt, that they guide, shape, and direct the stories we tell. Esker said to us at the end of the night that “we are good tourists, and that he knows we traveled far, but he hopes we come back one day, in the summer, and when we have families of our own”.
CREATORS:
Sam Potter | Writer, Director & Host | / captainpotter
Nainoa Langer | Director of Photography, Editor & Sound Design / nainoalanger
CAST OF EAGLE HUNTERS:
Boushkhan
Esker
Igerim & Igerkh
TEAM
Tom Jauncey | Beautiful Destinations | Executive Producer / tomjauncey
Alan Potter | Copy Editor / mr_uncle_al…
Eternal Landscapes | Fixer www.eternal-la...
SPECIAL THANKS
We would like to give a special thank you to our friends at Eternal Landscapes for creating such a unique experience that lifts up, preserves, and respects the people and lands of Mongolia. If You ever plan on visiting, they’ll make sure you can do so responsibly and sustainably.
www.eternal-la...
MUSIC
NAI does all the sound design, makes his own music, and remixes tracks to fit our film | open.spotify.c...
NIck Caves & Warren Ellis (NAI REMIX) | “The proposition #2& Happy Lands”
The Brian Jonestown Massacre | “Anemone”
Tony Anderson | “Dwell”
The HU (NAI REMIX) | “The Great Chinggis Khaan”
The Grand National Orchestra of Mongolia | “Mongolian Steppe Melody”
Lumineers (NAI REMIX) | “Sleep On The Floor”
"It is our responsibility to educate our children." The best line yet...
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INCREDIBLE how Sam potter and just a few other people are able to create something of this astonishing quality. Something that puts these GIGANTIC 70+ production teams with gear for millions of dollars to SHAME! Absolutely mindblowing to me. Anything can be done with enough skill, patience and knowledge. Thanks for this video Sam, Nai, the rest of the team and BD! Breathtaking production.
NickXplore spot on dude 🔥🔥🙌🏼
Yet again Sam & Nai absolutely kill it. You two really are a visual & storytelling match made in heaven! Always raising the bar. That Eagle scene is Planet Earth quality, I mean it! Love you guys!!!
Tom Jauncey 😝😝
Exceptional once again. One of the best storytellers on RUclips with magnificent camera work!
This is amazing work! Story, pictures, voice over, cinematic look and whole flow. Beautiful destination and beautiful people :)
What a fabulous film. Stellar work Sam and Nainoa. Just phenomenal
Thank you So much for the bounty of life you share 🙏🏽💓❤️💚
Nainoa & Sam are the best travel story tellers & filmmakers in the game change my mind
What a beautiful video!😍
Fantastic storytelling! Thanks for sharing
Literally the best story tellers out there! So impressed
Congrats Sam, Nainoa, incredible piece all around. Deserve everything coming to you boys.
This touched my Soul ! Sam, you are now in the league of modern poets that shall be remembered. Nainoa you genius, you have succeeded to capture the beauty of Mongolia like no other human being could. I'm blown away. Both of you inspire and educate people to give back from time to time. Respect.
This is very impressive. I liked how Sam and Nainoa featured the lives of the Kazakh eagle hunters and opening our eyes that there are people out there who is still living to what life was supposed to be before the modern-day that we have now. The life was simple, being close to your love ones and being close to nature.
Sam potter and nainoa. You'll have again made a legendary video. Epic.
it reminds me of Bryn North's film from Mongolia, I'm amazed, the storytelling, cinematography - on a different level!
What a beautiful Video! 😍😍😍😊😊😊 It was so Amazing @Beautifuldestination 😍😍😍 Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭😍😍😍
Every single soul involved in this cinematic and storytelling masterpiece has moved me dearly.
There are so many stories left unheard.
But with the involvement of us as people, WE can share and educate far more than ever.
This is raw and immersing.
This is an inspiration for what I want to do, I want to show my perspective and give others a platform to share theirs.
Thank you Sam, Nainoa, and the beautiful family who shared their perspectives with us.
Beautiful story Nai and Sam ! Good job 👏🏻👏🏻
Wow!!! Excellent message. I love wAtching these videos - you guys are edit kings, so much to learn from you !
I am dazzled by this video on Mongolia ... it's really superb and you take us to live with them, in their daily lives, in the middle of these gigantic and superb spaces.
Thank you very much for this great video, but also all your other videos which are a model for me and many others.
Our world is full of stories and cultures, this is beautiful, we must preserve exactly everything. thanks for another episode Sam couldn't wait any more it was amazing!!
Love this film boys! Sam Nai yall did a kick-ass job on this.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the people involved in this film! You left me speechless and with the wide feeling of being connected to all what’s alive on this beautiful earth. I’m fulfilled with gratitude and love. What a gift it is to be alive!
I know that it is not merely the quality of footage or the storyline but the spirit of the people behind the camera which deeply moved me inside! Let this be said, you guys have the most beautiful spirits! You have the gift of connect what was always connected but forgot its origins.
Wow, I'm speechless with goosebumps. Definitely on my bucket list! 🐎🦅💜
Please make more videos showing us your travels, experiences, the the world! 🎥🌍💜
The most amazing thing was when he said all are equal. These people are truly connected to nature.
Beautiful film. My favourite creators on RUclips! Hope to see their work in theatres one day! Just wish Beautiful Destinations didn’t place the ads where they did; it really breaks the flow of film, but still appreciate the supporting of my favourite artists.
Great job Sam and Nai, Y'all killed it!
Sam and Nai thank you once again for sharing a part of the world’s cultural heritage - a theme close to my heart. Mahalo 🙏🏽 ✨
"To acknowledge that the sky is above us is to see that we're all beneath it". That is a beautiful saying.
Hard to believe y’all don’t have a couple million subs with this quality content! Well done guys! Im new to the channel and greatful for your work.
What an amazing story! Drooling over all those cinematic shots!
Sam, your videos always leave me speechless. The way you are able to tell story's is so fluid and perfect. Truly unreal!
So amazed by the visuals and storytelling!! Huge props Nainoa and Sam, keep telling meaningful stories like these, very inspiring! :)
This channel shouldn't be so underrated... Loved the video 🎥
thats amazing! Congrats!
The story. The writing. The cinematics.❤❤ Super inspired.
I was here in 2007 for two weeks. Ulaanbaatar to Chiobalsan and back by Jeep. What an adventure that was. A raw and beautiful place. A great and proud people. I would like to return one day. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Wow, beautiful scenery captured .... awesome edit !!! 😍😍😍
This is amazingly done! Now I want to go to Mongolia to experience all this beauty
Beautiful filming and beautiful words! Thank you Nai and Sam 🙏🏼
Love your work Sammy and Nainoa, absolutely killed it. Look forward to where you go next!
You are such an excellent story teller, Sam. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story for us. Keep inspiring people.
This is an incredible and beautiful accomplishment. The writing, story, visuals all work flawlessly together to capture and inspire your audience. Well Done and please keep it coming.
The Story telling and the Cinematography are out of the ordinary !
Wow. An incredible documentary of an intimate human story. Sam and Nai, hats off to you both for capturing these moments!
Incredibly beautiful and well told!
You're films are always so amazing! I hope to visit Mongolia someday!
excellent, the best documentary of Mongolia I've ever seen, each senary there is picturesque, you do really a good job.
Falconers and Eagle hunters are really cool! I also love the landscape of Mongolia!
This is incredible to watch. It is so inspiring to see and hear that people like this still exist. I hope one day I will venture out into the world as far as you have. Thankyou for sharing
What a beautiful place .. thanks beautiful destination for this amazing film .. i wish i have chance to visit mongolia!
Nature, people, and love! Outstanding efforts, thank you.
Oh man, what a great video. It reminds me when I went to Mongolia with my parents as a kid 12 years ago to see a total solar eclipse. When they announced to me that we would spend the summer break in Mongolia I remember the 11 years old me being so disappointed, not even sure why. But we spent one month there, camping every night in these amazing landscapes and I am so grateful that I could live an experience like that. I travelled a lot since that trip but Mongolia remains my favourite destination ever and, I don't know when, but I know for sure that one day I will go there again.
I change my mind. Each and every line from this is beautiful! Thank you very much for lighting up this story, Sam and Nai! And of course, to Beautiful Destinations! This isn't just a video from youtube, this is an experience!
This is just beautiful. The message is amazing and y’all are so talented❤️
this is beautiful! gotta love the whole story behind especially "but to acknowledge that the sky is above us, is to see that we're all beneath it."
You show the vastness of Mongolia really good! I love the cinematic shots!
What a stunning film. Such wonderful people with such wisdom and beautiful culture. Thank you guys for making this and putting it out there for free 🙏🏻❤️
This is so sick. Amazing production quality with real emotional depth. Mad respect!
Great documentary and very nice story.👍👍
Your one of my Inspiration!! 💞💜
Amazing💯❣
this is my absolute favorite type of filmmaking and so so so beautifully done
THE SHOT ON THE EAGLE’S BACK WAS INCREDIBLE
Wow, your storytelling gets better with every video I watch from you guys. Absolutely love your work! Thank you for showing the world this Beautiful!
This video made me cry and I don't know why. Beautiful Destination indeed ❣️
You’re so genius guys! Nice film, love it!
Liked everything about this film and listening to one of my favorite song at the end was icing on the cake. :)
It's called masterpiece.Great work for both of you! 🙏
Absolutely amazing story telling by Sam potter. Love this so much and the ending message that we all live and die under the same sky, so should treat everything equally really got me
*Emotional...Interesting and full of discoveries... Thank you Beautiful Destinations. This video was incredible and full of joy!*
I had chills throughout the whole video. Wonderful, wonderful work.
ONE of the most amazing docs I have seen yet in my live. Wow!
this is the first time I really learned about Mongolia and its people. it doesn't get discussed much as a culture, at least in groups I talk to, but it's incredible.
Beautiful storytelling as always. Always looking forward to these videos.
So visually impressive, with such a good story arc and music that fits perfectly. These videos get better and better. Congrats on another impressive entry in your series @captainpotter and @nainolanger!
This is great work guys. Your films and photography inspires me everyday. Thank you for that.
This is amazing!! Great job guys
Wow this is super special. Such a great story behind this video. Also can we take a moment to respect that shot with the camera attached to the bird. That was epic!
BD is definitely my go-to-channel when it comes to travel films ♡
Thank You so much for showing a piece of us like this. This presentation was something so unexpected yet so familiar. Sometimes, even as a local we forget to see what we actually have.
Greatly appreciated 😍😍😍
So this is what happened to Captain Potter... what a phenomenal story and video.
This really an amazing work of art!! Loved it, cheers to Kazakh the free warriors!
Legends! This is absolutely breath taking team, thank you for showing us this way of life and sharing these breath taking visuals. As always, spectacular story telling.
Thanks for this. I was lucky to stay with Bashankhan and his family last year. It was nice to see them again.
Thank you for this amazing video ❤ Someday I will go there... Been in my bucket list for a while..
One of the most meaningful videos I’ve ever watched while in quarantine. Thanks for sharing their story. Hopefully we learn from this.
I think viewers of youtube would l love a full length feature. Beautifully captured.
Wow, you guys, this was beautiful, it exceeded my expectations by far! Definitely subbed to the channel. Everything was on a cinematic level, be it the drone shots, your b roll or the storytelling! Mad props to everyone who has been working on this project.
I have a soft spot for Mongolia and definitely want to visit it one day (it's far up on my bucket list)
Thank you so much for this video!
I felt so immersed into the story, incredible storytelling and cinematography, everything about this film is amazing ❤️
Dreamteam! Good job :)
Amazing video. I am very happy that you came to introduce one piece of Mongolian culture for whole world.
Absolutely insane. Such a beautiful story and way of telling it.
Absolutely beautiful nai and sam, loved every second of this. Making films like this is my ultimate goal
The shots are amazing! the voice over! the story is very captivating! thank you for this! :)
Omg! I'm watching it right now. At 6:00 I feel like I'm into AVATAR movie, the voiceover with the visuals just adds up the taste to it. Love it
this place and the people you guys met are incredible. this was really well told.
Oh The Lumineers at the end! Brilliant. ❤👌👌
Very eye-opening. No one tells a story like Sam Potter. Amazing.