Sherpa - Trouble on Everest

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Movie
Original title Sherpa - Trouble on Everest
Country of production Australia ,
Nepal
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Jennifer Peedom
script Jennifer Peedom
production John Smithson ,
Bridget Ikin
music Antony Partos
camera Renan Ozturk ,
Hugh Miller ,
Ken Sauls
cut Christian Gazal
occupation

Sherpa - Trouble on Everest is an Australian - Nepalese documentary film by the Australian director Jennifer Peedom from 2015 , which was filmed on Mount Everest in 2014 during a fatal ice avalanche .

action

The focus of the documentary is the Sherpa Phurba Tashi , who works as Sirda for the expedition company Himex from New Zealand and has already climbed the summit of Mount Everest 21 times. Tashi's wife and family in Khumjung don't want him to continue risking his life climbing for money. The film documents the culture of the Sherpas and their spiritual relationship to mountains, as well as the heavy physical work and the risks involved in hauling the equipment and supplies up the mountain and making the ascent possible for the following paying tourists in the first place.

During filming on April 18, 2014, a group of 16 Sherpas died in an ice avalanche during safety work in the Khumbu Glacier , whereupon the film deals with the different perspectives and reactions of the groups present on the mountain. The Sherpas held a protest meeting and the majority refused to go further in the mountains - on the one hand out of respect and mourning for the deceased friends and to fight for better working conditions. The expedition leader Russell Brice from Himex suspected that a small group of Sherpas threatened potential scabs in their ranks, and then broke off his expedition. The tragic incident ended the 2014 climbing season on the Nepalese south side of Everest and Tashi complied with his family's request and retired.

The director used archive material from the first ever climbers Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary and conducted interviews with Norgay's descendants.

production

The director Peedom originally intended to make a documentary about the 2014 climbing season on Everest from the Sherpas' perspective. The idea came to her in response to the violent clashes between Sherpas and Europeans the year before at the same place. The film team was in base camp when 16 Sherpas died in an ice avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall just a few hundred meters above. The tragedy sparked a dispute between the Sherpas, foreign expedition leaders and the Nepalese government over the level of salaries and working conditions, and as a result led to a significant increase in compensation payments for the families of the Sherpas who had died in the accident.

The documentary was produced by Bridget Ikin and John Smithson and funded by Screen Australia and some private investors, distribution was organized by Universal Films and Footprint Films.

publication

The film premiered in September 2015 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The film was shown in the United States from fall 2015 and in Australia from March 31, 2016.

reception

Reviews

According to the Rotten Tomatoes movie rating aggregator , 97% of the reviews are positive, based on 30 reviews with an average rating of 7.9 / 10.

Patrick Peters wrote the documentation in the English-language film magazine Empire Magazine : “ ... is a spectacular, intimate and politically provocative exposé of the dangers, racial tensions and harsh economic realities on the world's highest mountain. "(German:" ... a spectacular, intimate and politically provocative exposé of the dangers, racial conflicts and the harsh economic realities on the highest mountain on earth. ")

Geoffrey MacNab criticized the British daily The Independent : “ No one here emerges in an especially positive light. There is bad faith on all sides but, amid all the bickering about money and safety, Peedom always also pays attention to the courage and selflessness of her subjects. ”(German:“ Nobody appears here in a particularly positive light. There is malice on all sides, but Peedom, despite the arguments about money and security, focuses on the bravery and altruism of its actors. ”)

In the opinion of the book author Mark Horrell, the documentary is “an excellent film that strikes the difficult balance of being both powerful and emotionally moving while remaining objective and factual.” The film “does the Sherpas a great honor by not only playing them as battered heroes (as they are often caricatured in the mass media), but treads an enlightening path through the politics, culture and economy of the mountaineering industry, which occupies such an important part of their lives. "

Awards

year movie Award category Award winners Result Ref.
2015 5th AACTA Award Best documentary Bridget Ikin, John Smithson Nominated
Best camera in a documentary Renan Ozturk, Hugh Miller, Ken Sauls Nominated
Best editing in a documentary Christian Gazal Nominated
Best Score in a Documentary Antony Partos Won
59th London Film Festival Grierson Award for the best documentation Jennifer Peedom Won
2016 69th British Academy Film Award Best documentary Bridget Ikin, Jennifer Peedom, John Smithson Nominated

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dpa : Avalanche kills twelve Sherpas. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 18, 2014, accessed September 28, 2016 .
  2. ^ Klaus Raab: Labor dispute on Mount Everest. In: The time . April 30, 2014, accessed September 14, 2016 .
  3. ↑ abl / dpa / AFP / AP: Sherpas cancel all tours to Mount Everest. In: Der Spiegel . April 22, 2014, accessed September 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Geoffrey MacNab: Stunning imagery of the Himalayan peaks but a depressing story. In: The Independent . December 18, 2015, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Lukas Eberle, Detlef Hacke: They wanted to kill me. In: Der Spiegel . May 12, 2013, accessed September 28, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b Kay Jeremy: Sherpa director: how I tackled Everest. In: The Guardian . September 16, 2015, accessed September 14, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Joe Utichi: 'Sherpa' Doc Director Jennifer Peedom On Filming Through Everest Tragedy & Giving The Sherpas A Voice. In: Deadline.com . November 24, 2015, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  8. ^ Luke Buckmaster: Sherpa first look review - Everest the backdrop to fine workers' rights film. In: The Guardian . June 10, 2015, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  9. ^ Devon O'Neil: Sherpas Get Their Say in New Everest Documentary. In: Outside. September 22, 2015, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  10. ^ Henry Barnes: On strike at 8,848 meters: Sherpa and the story of an Everest revolution. In: The Guardian . December 19, 2015, accessed September 27, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Laura Nicholson: TIFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Peedom - 'Sherpa'. In: The Sydney Morning Herald . September 14, 2015, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  12. ↑ David Holbrooke: The Real Stories of Mt Everest's Sherpas. In: Bloomberg LP March 24, 2016, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  13. ^ Gary Maddox: Film Short Cuts: 'Australia's Spotlight' takes on landmark sexual abuse case. In: The Sydney Morning Herald . March 7, 2016, accessed September 26, 2016 .
  14. ↑ "Sherpa (2015)" . In: Rotten Tomatoes .
  15. ↑ Patrick Peters: Sherpa Review. In: Empire . December 15, 2015, accessed September 14, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Mark Horrell: My review of Sherpa - Trouble on Everest. In: markhorrell.com. February 17, 2016, accessed September 28, 2016 .
  17. ↑ a b c d 5th AACTA Awards presented by Presto . November 30th, 2015. Archived from the original on March 27th, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 25, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aacta.org
  18. ↑ 59th BFI London Film Festival award winners . October 26, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  19. ^ Film in 2016. In: British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Retrieved September 28, 2016 .