Magic means different things to different people. For Cynthia Hunt, the founder of HEALTH Inc (Health, Environment, And Literacy in The Himalayas), it’s all about the empowerment of women, good health and nutrition. But these are not easy propositions in Ladakh - one of the highest and driest inhabited places on earth. Yet Cynthia is in her element as she routinely hikes through the rugged mountains of northwest India to help foster change in isolated communities. As a passionate artist, book publisher and educator with a decidedly idiosyncratic style, she helps the illiterate village women in their efforts to form a cooperative. The pay-off comes when they undertake a perilous, four-day journey down a frozen river canyon to petition government officials in the distant capital city for funds to build green houses.

Winner of the $2,000 People's Choice Award 2005 Banff Mountain Film Festival

Winner of Best Canadian Mountain Film 2006 Vancouver Internationl Mountain Film Festival

Grand Prize, 2006 Hory a mesto / Mountains and City festival Bratislava, Slovakia

Official Selection of :

2005 Calgary International Film Festival

2005 Himalayan Film Festival in Amsterdam

2006 Mountain Film, Telluride

2006 Kendal Mountain Film