Nepal Doc ‘Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
July 1, 2024
Source: YouTube
“She is in a league of her own.” 🇳🇵 Netflix has revealed the main official trailer for a documentary film titled Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, arriving for streaming on Netflix this summer. The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, then played at NYFF and this year’s Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride. In this doc film, a Nepali mountaineer risks everything on a record-breaking Everest climb to secure a brighter future for her daughters. It tells the story of a tenacious woman named Lhakpa Sherpa. Technically, she is not the first Nepalese woman to climb Everest – that honor goes to Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, however she died during her descent. Lhakpa is the first Nepalese woman to summit and descend – and she has since devoted her life to empowering girls. Now a single mother working at a Whole Foods in Connecticut, she embarks on a dramatic return to the mountain, determined to redeem her life’s purpose & inspire her own daughters. Through it all, Lhakpa climbs – her incredible strength and resilience inspired by her own Mother Goddess of the universe – Chomolungma. Worth a look if anyone is intrigued.
Trailer for Lucy Walker’s doc Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, from YouTube:
She’s the greatest Everest climber you’ve probably never heard of… Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa tracks Lhakpa Sherpa’s storied mountaineering career with her record-breaking 10th summit to reveal a rich personal history: from her childhood as a girl denied an education in rural Nepal, to her experience as an immigrant in America and survivor of intimate partner violence, to her fight to live as a fearless example to her teenage daughters. Through it all, Lhakpa climbs – her incredible strength and resilience inspired by her own mother goddess of the universe – Chomolungma, Mt. Everest. Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa is directed by acclaimed English doc filmmaker Lucy Walker, director of the doc films Devil’s Playground, Blindsight, Countdown to Zero, Waste Land, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, The Crash Reel, The Lion’s Mouth Opens, Buena Vista Social Club: Adios, Bring Your Own Brigade, Why Did You Kill Me?, and How to Change Your Mind previously. Produced by Charlie Corwin, Michael D. Ratner, Miranda Sherman, Dalia Burde, Christopher Newman. This initially premiered at the 2023 Toronto & New York Film Festivals last year. Netflix will debut Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa streaming on Netflix starting July 31st, 2024 this summer. Who wants to watch this?
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