Sherpa
2015 · Movie · NR · 96 min · ★ 7.5 · 96% critics
After a widely reported clash on Everest, a documentary crew follows the next climbing season from the Sherpas’ point of view to understand what led to the conflict. Their plan shifts as a devastating ice collapse strikes the route, capturing the risks and pressures surrounding the mountain.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-10-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 96/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (61 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, real-world Everest story told from the Sherpas’ perspective, similar in subject to Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake; Not for you if you avoid tragic, high-stress disaster documentaries.
Pros: gripping real-life stakes; Sherpa-focused perspective; tense Everest setting | Cons: distressing disaster footage; heavy, somber tone; limited broader context
Themes
- nepal
- natural disaster
- native peoples
- woman director
- mount everest
- geography
- sherpa
Cast & crew
Russell Brice
as Self
- TM
Tim Medvetz
as Self
- PS
Pasang Tenzing Sherpa
as Self
Phurba Tashi Sherpa
as Self
Directed by Jennifer Peedom