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SPIRIT OF IRIS • AVIATRIX

SPIRIT OF IRIS

SPIRIT OF IRIS

AVIATRIX

AVIATRIX

Spirit of Iris

The story of a trail blazing woman, who swam in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany and was in one of the earliest groups of women to ferry planes for the Air Transport Command in World War II. 

USA | 8.5 min. | Dir. Corinne Jayaweera

Feature Documentary/ East Coast Premiere / Filmmaker Q&A

AVIATRIX: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story

The story of Asian Aviatrix Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, a Chinese immigrant who defied racial and gender bias to become a pioneering daredevil stunt pilot during the Golden Age of Aviation in the 1930s.

USA | 41 min. | Dir. Ed Moy

Later Event: August 4
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