The film also screens on Tuesday, October 21 | 4:30 PM | FH
The Tuesday, October 21 screening is followed by a Q&A with co-director Ben Ayers via Zoom from Tibet.
A story of nature and nurture set in the breathtaking Dolpo region of Nepal, Snow Leopard Sisters offers a touching feminist perspective on wildlife preservation. The film follows two women, Tshiring Lhamu Lama and Tenzin Bhuti Gurung, as they work toward saving the dwindling population of snow leopards while navigating their own personal conflicts. Told entirely through the women’s narration, the film offers an honest insight into their experiences as women on a quest traditionally reserved for men. For Tshiring, it’s a calling to save these leopards. For Tenzin, it’s more complicated—snow leopards decimated her family’s goat herd, and she has accepted the apprenticeship mostly as a way to delay the fixed marriage her family seems intent on forcing her into. Dazzlingly photographed, the film brings the truly awe-inspiring environs of the Himalayas to the screen in glorious fashion. The breathtaking setting—and the cinematography that makes it feel so alive—must be seen to be believed. ~SM