Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
Direction
Walker finds poetry in ice axes tapping rock.
Cinematography
Stomach-dropping vertigo shots that mock your couch comfort.
Writing
Quiet revelation: who's really disabled here?
Director
Lucy Walker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Erik Weihenmayer was the first blind person to summit Everest in 2001; this 2006 follow-up expedition was almost aborted when Chinese authorities suddenly revoked permits mid-climb.
The film exposes a raw tension: Tibetan blind children are often hidden away as family shame, making this public climb both revolutionary and complicated.
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