Sherpa

I like a good documentary and Sherpa just about fits the bill. Not a great film but a good one. It follows the Everest industry and the stoic sherpas whose labour underwrites it. It is tinged with tragedy and the filming itself has to skirt (not always successfully) the edge of being exploitative. The focus of the movie is ostensibly the sherpas and intriguingly it covers a summer of tragedy that sparks some semblance of organised labour. Fascinating. Yet almost more telling is the insight into the attitudes of the westerners whose equipment the sherpas heave up the mountain. In particular there is one American adventurer who unwittingly tells you all you need to know about the single-mindedness/crude selfishness (you pays your money and takes your chance) of America. 69/100.