Tenzing: A mesmerizing docudrama

Tenzing (2026) • View trailerFour stars (out of five); rated PG, for dramatic intensityAvailable via: Apple TV+By Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 11.8.26 Recent history has been much kinder to Tenzing Norgay, than in the immediate aftermath of his shared summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary, on May 29, 1953. With Everest's summit in sight, Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok, far left) and hiscomrades — from left, Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston), John Hunt (Willem Dafoe) andGeorge Lowe (Benjamin Hoetjes) ponder their next move.For the next half-century after that feat, British, American and European schoolchildren readily could cite Hillary’s achievement, funded by the Royal Geographic Society, while Norgay remained largely forgotten (although certainly not in Nepal and Tibet).Director Jennifer Peedom’s engaging new film aims to correct that. She succeeds quite well, thanks in considerable part to Luke Davies’ respectful screenplay, based on a story co-written…

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