Tenzing
When Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston) ascends the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, the first person to do so, he is not alone. With him is climbing partner Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), a Nepalese guide and veteran of expeditions to reach the top. Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Peedom’s (Sherpa, Mountain) first narrative feature relates the story of a loving husband and father who was never accepted by the European teams or the local Sherpa clans, but who navigated both cliques and cultures to become an essential element in achieving mountaineering’s greatest milestone. Amidst the epic Himalayan landscapes, every crevasse, every impossible face, and every blizzard presents a life-or-death scenario that Tenzing meets with patience, serenity, and love for the mountain in whose shadow he’s lived for decades. Willem Dafoe adds robust support as Colonel John Hunt, the head of the British expedition team. —Sterling Hedgpeth
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Jennifer Peedom
Jennifer Peedom is a BAFTA- and Emmy-nominated director, writer, and producer, who makes her narrative feature debut with Tenzing. The path to Tenzing began with Sherpa (2015), her breakthrough feature documentary which became one of Australia’s most successful theatrical documentaries of all time. Her first documentary feature, Solo (2008), won the AFI Award for Best Documentary, the Australian Directors Guild Award and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award. Her other directing credits include Miracle on Everest (2008), Living the End (2011), Mountain (2017) and River (2021).
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