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Ama Dablam

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Skiing in the Shadow ofGenghis Khan

Tea for Three

Trial & Error

Un-Level Forte

Walk your own Path: Bill Barkeley on Kilimanjaro

The Western Lands: Hoy

White Water Jungle


Ama Dablam

USA, 1979, 23 min
Directed by Roger Brown

Screening:
Friday September 19, 7pm-10pm
Peery’s Egyptian Theatre

Ama Dablam is a film made for ABC TV, documenting Jeff Lowe and team making the second ascent of one of the most iconic mountains in the Himalayas, Ama Dablam. The route they followed, the SW Ridge, has become one of the most classic climbs in the Khumbu region that surrounds Mount Everest. After the filmed ascent of the SW Ridge, Lowe went on to make the one day first ascent of the South Face of Ama Dablam.

Director Roger “Cotton” Brown

Roger Brown’s filmmaking career spans 48 years. During this time, he has received four national Emmys, twenty-eight national and international first place awards, including grand prizes at the International Ski Film Festival, the American Film Festival, the Sunset Film Festival, and the Cortina Film Festivals and first place awards at the Michigan Outdoor Writers, Trento, Venice, Palermo, Telluride, and Banff Mountain Film Festivals. He has received eighteen Cine Golden Eagle Awards and two Cleo Awards. 
             Ski Magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential skiers of all time. He has received a Lifetime Achievement award from the International Ski History Association and has been the guest of honor at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival.
             Roger has recently published a book “Requiem for the West”, which is both a personal story and a collection of essays on the changing Rocky Mountain West. The book has received the Ullr Award from ISHA.
             He currently lives on a small farm in the Gypsum Creek Valley in Eagle County, Colorado. His three sons, Gordon, Michael, and Nicolas, like their father, are all accomplished documentary filmmakers.