Follows five trekkers and a local Chagga guide to the top of Kilimanjaro, the largest freestanding mountain in the world. Along their journey this diverse group of trekkers encounter strange landscapes and endure harsh conditions as they travel through five climate zones ranging from the lower rainforest reaches of Kilimanjaro to the summit's arctic glaciers.
Cinematography
David Breashears shot Everest; this mountain gets his full IMAX worship.
Production
Five climate zones means five completely different movies stitched into one.
Editing
Patient pacing that makes summit day actually feel earned.
Director
David Breashears
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Breashears filmed this between IMAX Everest shoots, using modified helicopter rigs at 15,000 feet that had never been tested at that altitude.
The Chagga people's coffee cultivation funding summit attempts is barely mentioned, but radically recontextualizes who 'owns' this mountain.
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