DOCUMENTARY: 'EVEREST: A CLIMB FOR PEACE'

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Hailed by the Dalai Lama as "a tremendous achievement", Everest: A Climb for Peace is not just a "typical Everest film", but a socially relevant documentary about peace, war, and the human spirit -- an inspirational film, which also has some of the most incredible Everest footage ever shot, including a dramatic rescue from near the summit of Everest.

Filmed on location in Nepal, Tibet, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, U.A.E, and the United States, the film chronicles the spectacular journey of 9 'peace climbers' from different faiths and cultures as they climb to the summit of the tallest mountain in the world. The focus is on Palestinian Ali Bushnaq and Israeli's Dudu Yifrah and Micha Yaniv. They come together and set aside their differences to forge a path of teamwork and cooperation to attempt to summit the world’s highest peak. This however, is easier said than done. Their nations have been embroiled in a brutal war for years; each believes they are on the right side of that war and each knows that on Everest the cooperation of your teammate is a matter of life and death.

“Everest: A Climb for Peace” is extremely dramatic from start to finish. Visually stimulating it also provides the audience with a powerful yet simple message: in an atmosphere of peace and through friendship and teamwork anything can be accomplished, even climbing the world’s highest peak with your perceived enemy.

The film is a colloborate effort with Dezart Cinematic and The Everest Peace Project.

A full-length 60 minute documentary film is scheduled for release in Fall 2007. To learn more about the film or to get involved please Contact Us.

Dalai Lama: "The Everest Peace Project’s film Everest: A Climb for Peace is a tremendous achievement from several points of view. Not only does it document a spectacular climb of the world’s tallest mountain, but it also shows how the project brought together people from different faiths and cultures, who worked successfully as a team to accomplish their goal. It reinforces my strong belief that if we adopt the right approach and make a determined effort, cooperation, trust and understanding can always be established for a true and worthy cause."

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