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2015
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Sherpa focuses on Phurba Tashi, a Sherpa who has made 21 Mount Everest ascents and leads the team for New Zealander Russell Brice's expedition company, Himex. Tashi's wife and family in Khumjung do not want him to keep risking his life climbing just for the money.
With Russell Brice, Tim Medvetz, Pasang Tenzing Sherpa, Phurba Tashi Sherpa. In 2014, director Jennifer Peedom was working on a documentary about the Sherpas of Mount Everest when the largest avalanche in recent history occurred on the mountain, killing 16 Sherpas.
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- Documentary
- Jennifer Peedom
- 2016-04-26
BAFTA FILM AWARD® nominee SHERPA chronicles how the Sherpa community united to reclaim Mount Everest following the 2014 avalanche that killed 16 of their members. The Sherpas are forced to consider the future of Everest climbing and whether anything justifies the danger they face.
Synopsis. In 2013, the world's media reported on a shocking mountain-high brawl as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpas. Director Jennifer Peedom and her team set out to uncover the cause of this altercation, intending to film the 2014 climbing season from the Sherpa's point-of-view.
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- Jennifer Peedom
- 96 min
Sherpa is a feature documentary follows a 2014 Everest expedition entirely from the Sherpas' point of view.
A heartbreaking story told with tremendous narrative and visual skill, Sherpa exposes the audience to a side of Mount Everest that many have never seen or considered. Read Critics...
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