The Andes's Odyssey

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Kevin Macdonald

Cast

Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea for the film was proposed to the monks in 1984, but the Carthusians said they wanted time to think about it. The Carthusians finally contacted Gröning 16 years later to say they were now wil...

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

Philip Gröning

First Descent is a 2005 documentary film about snowboarding and its beginning in the 1980s. The snowboarders featured in this movie (Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter and Shaun White with guest appearances from Travis Rice) represent three generations of snowboarders and the progress this young sport has made ove...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Kemp Curly, Kevin Harrison

Cast

Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Shawn Farmer

Movie about David Lama climbing the Patagonian mountain Cerro Torre for the first time free, a mountain that has been dubbed the most difficult to climb in the world.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Thomas Dirnhofer

Cast

David Lama, Peter Ortner, Toni Ponholzer

The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Emer Reynolds

Cast

Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, John Casani