40 Days at Base Camp

Canada 2011, 89 minutes, documentary. Director: Dianne Whelan

Award-winning Sunshine Coast filmmaker Dianne Whelan travelled to Nepal and Mount Everest Base Camp to shoot and direct this new film.

A film that “puts a knife through the heart of the Everest myth” — stories of climbers interwoven with daily life at Base Camp — this feature-length documentary is the gripping, engrossing, and thought-provoking history of the mountain itself, and the effects climate change has had on the mountain ecology.

It provides a singular take on the transformation of Everest from what was once a revered, sacred space to the mountain “theme park” it is sadly becoming.

SPECIAL EVENT

Director Diane Whelan will be at the screening to answer questions. Opening night reception with coffee and goodies starts at 6:30pm.