We're going to see Jennifer Peedom's new film *Tenzing.* * *... the story of Tenzing Norgay, a gifted Himalayan climber who, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary, became the first to summit Mount Everest.* We'll meet in the Watershed cafe/bar from 7:15 pm, to say hello and chat. Afterwards, we will stop for a few minutes to talk about the film. Purchase your own ticket from the box office or [online](https://boxoffice.watershed.co.uk/ticketbooth/shows/1173694171/events/428904999?l=i). ABOUT THE FILM " ... Edmund Hillary, a New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa were the Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of mountaineering. But for decades, because of his ethnicity, Tenzing’s role in the mission was understated by history; he was treated as Hillary’s noble assistant. *Tenzing* celebrates his rightful place as a mountaineering visionary." — Owen Gleiberman, Variety "Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But for all the films that have since been made about the mountain, it has rarely been allowed to belong to the people who live in its shadow. Jennifer Peedom’s *Tenzing* attempts to redress that imbalance, shifting the fabled ascent away from Hillary and towards his Sherpa companion. It’s a welcome change of perspective, even if the film itself occasionally struggles to break free from the conventions of the mountaineering biopic." — Anna Stafford, Little White Lies

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