Netflix has nabbed the worldwide rights to Lucy Walker’s documentary Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa after a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
“It’s actually a fairy tale. You work for decades, and sometimes you have decades you’re doing everything wrong or nearly right, and then you have moments where you say I’m so glad I kept going,” Walker said of premiering the doc at TIFF during a Visionaries session sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter.
“Netflix is particularly good as it’s so global,” Walked added. A 2024 streaming release is planned for the documentary about Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to completely summit and survive Mount Everest. She climbed Mount Everest while bringing up two teenage daughters and recovering from an abusive marriage.
The film was shown as a work-in-progress at Toronto a year ago, before Walker returned for the world premiere.
“It’s actually a fairy tale. You work for decades, and sometimes you have decades you’re doing everything wrong or nearly right, and then you have moments where you say I’m so glad I kept going,” Walker said of premiering the doc at TIFF during a Visionaries session sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter.
“Netflix is particularly good as it’s so global,” Walked added. A 2024 streaming release is planned for the documentary about Lhakpa Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to completely summit and survive Mount Everest. She climbed Mount Everest while bringing up two teenage daughters and recovering from an abusive marriage.
The film was shown as a work-in-progress at Toronto a year ago, before Walker returned for the world premiere.
- 9/12/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Budding filmmaker Shenpenn Khymsar says that the youth of Darjeeling is either politically radicalized or struggling to find their voice. He adds that in order to keep its cultural diversity intact, Darjeeling deserves separate statehood.
Shenpenn Khymsar is from Darjeeling and his new film "Broken Wings" is about his land. It talks of politics, Gorkhaland and other issues, beyond depicting the beauty of the place.
"I have no problem of showing Darjeeling in postcards -- toy train, mountain, tea garden etc. But the fact is, since independence, Darjeeling did not see the economic growth that many other states have. I have lost many of my friends who became alcoholic, went into depression or committed suicide because there are not many job opportunities. Not everyone can afford to leave their home in search of a better life. I think as a filmmaker it is my responsibility to tap into those unexplored...
Shenpenn Khymsar is from Darjeeling and his new film "Broken Wings" is about his land. It talks of politics, Gorkhaland and other issues, beyond depicting the beauty of the place.
"I have no problem of showing Darjeeling in postcards -- toy train, mountain, tea garden etc. But the fact is, since independence, Darjeeling did not see the economic growth that many other states have. I have lost many of my friends who became alcoholic, went into depression or committed suicide because there are not many job opportunities. Not everyone can afford to leave their home in search of a better life. I think as a filmmaker it is my responsibility to tap into those unexplored...
- 9/7/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
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