Ride The Sky recently screened at Trenton Film Festival and Flathead Lake International Cinemafest, and is an official selection in October at Laughlin Film Festival.

Directed by Paul Gorman, Ride The Sky is a documentary that examines the life of pioneering skydiver, Joan Carson and her skydiving fatality. The film explores Carson's adventurous spirit, accomplishments, passion for skydiving, and that of her buddies during the early years of the Northwest skydiving scene. "I see the film as being a 70s version of Into The Wild," said Gorman.

Gorman who attended high school in Redmond, Washington with Carson spent time with her in San Francisco during the early 70s where she was just entering into the sport. Gorman was intrigued by her risk taking. "Joan was one of a kind. Back then women didn't skydive or ride motorcycles, but Joan did both and more. She was fearless," said Gorman.

Carson suffered two serious skydiving accidents, yet in spite of them continued to follow her passion.

She perished in a skydiving mishap in Montana in 1980 at the age of 30.

After her fatality, Gorman wondered why Carson had continued in the sport and questioned the cause of her passing.

Gorman posted a note on a skydiving forum and upon learning of Carson's accomplishments and wanderings was hooked. "I knew then that Joan's story was universal and more than just my own personal interest," said Gorman.

The film which is presented in the same order it was shot retraces Carson's skydiving footsteps backward from Montana to San Francisco. "We wanted to keep it in the same order so audiences could experience Joan's story the way we did," said Gorman. She kept a lot of things bottled up and her story unfolded along the way. There are definitely some answers, and then some new questions. The cause of her double malfunction remains a mystery," said Gorman.

"You will have to see Ride The Sky to know what may have driven Carson to take up skydiving in the first place and continue on after her injuries," said Gorman.

Ride The Sky features songs from Child, which was one of Seattle's most popular rock bands during the 1970s.

Gorman has just finished his third feature film, Roma Vendetta, and is in the process of submitting it to film festivals. His first feature film, Broken Frame was critically acclaimed in the U.K.

Ride The Sky is scheduled to screen Saturday October 4, 2014 at 12:00PM. Click here for tickets.

More information on Ride The Sky is available at: www.raincitycinema.com

To watch the trailer click here