High Flying Jade

Walking the line between mindfulness and adrenaline rush an American bipolar aerialist tries to reconcile her suicidal inclinations her past life as an air traffic controller and the pressures of training for opening night at the Vietnamese circus High Flying Jade is the true story of a bipolar woman from Los Angeles who moved to Vietnam and joined the circus in Hồ Chí Minh City In the US Jade was an air traffic controller but repeated attempts at suicide culminated in hospitalization She was eventually diagnosed and treated for bipolar disorder Now she tries to manage her unique brain chemistry with learnedmindfulness and focused aerial training We meet her one week before the opening night of her first ever performance in a real big top circus