Sherpa

Sherpa (2015)

Some Live to Climb. They Climb to Live.

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. Instead, they captured Everest's greatest tragedy, when a huge block of ice crashed down onto the climbing route...

Date of release
2015-10-02
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (67)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Jennifer Peedom

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Mount Everest

Sherpa is a 2015 documentary film by Australian filmmaker Jennifer Peedom. It was filmed during the 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche.

Production

Peedom intended to make a film about the 2014 Everest climbing season told from the Sherpas' point of view. The idea came about in response to violent confrontations between Sherpas and Europeans during the 2013 climbing season. The filmmakers were on location when an ice avalanche occurred on Everest's Khumbu Icefall, killing 16 Sherpas.

The film was produced by Bridget Ikin and John Smithson for Stranger Than Fiction and financed by Screen Australia and a small number of private investors, along with presales from Universal Films and Footprint Films.

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