How These Skiers Made a Beautiful Movie With No Sponsor Funding

In the opening moments of the new ski film Short Wings, skier Hank Stowers — playing themself — falls off their bike and spots a weathered copy of Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull.The fable chronicles the life of a seagull named Jonathan who, after growing tired of his flock's obsession with food, decides to hone his flying skills instead. He fails at first — slamming into the water — and draws the ire of his seagull parents, who tell him that "you can't eat a g