Slackjaw Film: Well Crafted Outdoor Adventures Straight from the UK

Janson Media continues to spotlight its production companies with a profile of Sheffield, UK-based Slackjaw Film. Partners of Janson Media since 2006, Slackjaw Films is a full service company with a love of the outdoors that is manifest throughout their catalog of action-packed films.

Slackjaw Films is an organic group of film-makers who have a firm love of both the outdoors and producing high-quality work. The company has a broad base of experience in all aspects of film production including extreme camerawork, editing, DVD authoring and more. Headed up by producer Richard Heap, Slackjaw Films boasts a staff of directors, cameramen and other associates with a genuine enthusiasm for everything adventure. For more on the the individuals behind the scenes, please visit the company's About Us page. Their catalog includes such climbing films as Kilimanjaro, and the global warming documentary Meltdown, both exclusively distributed worldwide by Janson Media.

Kilimanjaro: Going for Broke(1 x 52'), is a film about a group of climbers, all of whom have suffered severely as a result of climbing accidents, getting together to ascend Kilimanjaro. This inspirational film follows the climbers, all seriously disabled, as they share their passion for the mountains and the determination to make the most of every opportunity, all while climbing the highest peak in Africa. As the four climbers arrive at the foothills of Kilimanjaro and begin the ascent, viewers learn about their accidents and see the challenges their physical handicaps present. For Kilimanjaro extras including a photo gallery and character profiles, visit the company's webpage.

Meltdown (1 x 52&'²), follows a UN-led expedition to look at the escalating glacial melt that is starting to consume Nepal"s high mountain. The film ventures into the region to look at evidence of recent floods and to visit a dammed lake that experts believe might soon release 30 million tons of water onto the 7000 Nepalis who live below it. This provocative film brings a new angle to the issue of global warming. It includes dramatic scenery, an ascent of a 6000 meter mountain and interviews with a leading Buddhist monk, a Nepali environmentalist, local witnesses to disasters, a UN official, and glaciologists and global warming experts. For Meltdown extras including a photo gallery, character profiles, and a sample clip, please visit the company's webpage.