Stirring Documentary on Mount Everest with Director Talk - Must Buy Ticket

DC/DOX '25 is a wonderful documentary film festival taking place in various venues in DC from this Thursday to Sunday. There are some amazing looking films, many with the director in attendance. See all the docs listed here.

This documentary - Everest Dark - stands out for the scenery and emotional story - and shown on a cool screen. It costs $15 and will sell out, I believe. To purchase a ticket, click here and find Everest Dark on Sunday at 11 am.

Post-screening discussion with director Jereme Watt. Perhaps we can get lunch after or attend a nearby art gallery reception at Touchstone Gallery at 3 pm.

A breathtaking and rare perspective on Mount Everest—told not through the eyes of Western adventurers, but from those who call the mountain home. This visually arresting documentary follows renowned Nepalese climber Mingma Tsiri Sherpa as he undertakes a perilous journey back to Everest to honor ancient beliefs and restore balance with the sacred mountain.

While climbers from around the world flock to Everest, chasing achievement and Instagram fame, the mountain has also become a chilling memorial, its slopes littered with the remains of those who underestimated its power. But beyond the headlines lies a deeper narrative: the spiritual connection that local communities maintain with the land, where gods dwell in the peaks and nature commands reverence.

In a bold and emotionally charged expedition, Mingma Tsiri confronts both physical danger and spiritual responsibility as he seeks to retrieve a body and offer a gesture of peace to the mountain deities. This is Everest as you've never seen it—a story not just of survival, but of respect, belief, and the invisible forces that shape the world above the clouds.