Mountain Queen

Lucy Walker is one of the finest documentary makers working today, with a CV including 2 Oscar nominations alongside Crash Reel and How To Change Your Mind. Her latest film follows another remarkable woman, Llakha Sherpa. She combines being the greatest ever climber of Everest of all time, with holding down a cleaning job in a US supermarket, supporting 2 daughters alone, since she escaped an abusive relationship some years previously. The film brought the house down at Toronto in 2023, so be prepared to be moved to tears. We hope to be able to talk to Lucy via zoom after the film.

SYNOPSIS:
A young Nepalese woman of great innate strength of character and intelligence, bucks the male dominated Mt. Everest Sherpa Industry with her indomitable spirit and force of will. Uneducated and unmarried she refuses to allow the traditional "housewife culture" shame her with their ostracism. Instead she is the first Nepalese Woman to Summit Everest and continues summiting despite her violent Romanian husband's abuse. Never giving up, she continues breaking Everest World Records and inspires us all with her kind, loving and compassionate nature.

Details
Run time: 1h 45 mins
Director: Lucy Walker
Writer: Lucy Walker
Cast: Lhakpa Sherpa, Shiny Dijmarescu, Sunny Dijmarescu

Country: USA
Genre: Documentary
Language: English, Nepali