EP 02 · My Niagara Falls
Niagara From Above
From a tower on the Canadian side, the whole gorge fits in one frame — the American Falls in front, the river bending away, and the boats down below looking like toys.
The American Falls from the tower — parkway below, river beyond.
Down on the water, the falls are all force and noise. From above, they finally explain themselves: the river arrives wide and calm, splits around the islands, and drops — American Falls on one side, the Horseshoe curving away on the other. This is the map of the whole trip, drawn in water.
01 — The map you can stand on
Watch the red boat cross under the American Falls — that is episode 1 and 3, happening live, small enough to hold in one look. If the boat episodes are the falls at full volume, this one is the volume knob seen from across the room.
"Some views you have to earn. This one, you just have to look up." — the closing line of the film above.Next · EP 03The Horseshoe, Up Close
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- EP 01Sailing Into the MistThe boat turns into the Horseshoe basin and the shore disappears. This is the Niagara short our viewers pushed past a thousand — the falls at arm's length, original roar left in.
- EP 02Niagara From AboveFrom a tower on the Canadian side, the whole gorge fits in one frame — the American Falls in front, the river bending away, and the boats down below looking like toys.
- EP 03The Horseshoe, Up CloseRed ponchos, raised hands, and a grey-green wall of water that does not stop coming. One of our first Niagara films — the bow pointed straight at the Horseshoe.
- EP 04Standing at the Foot of the FallsThe last stop is not a viewpoint. It is a boat deck inside the spray, where the falls stop being something you watch and become something you stand in.