New People: The Last First: Winter K2

This screening will take place at NEW PEOPLE CINEMA, located at 1746 Post street in Japantown. Followed by a post-screening Q&A with director Amir Bar-Lev K2’s first winter ascent claimed 5 lives, revealing modern alpinism’s struggles with commercialization, social media impact, and conflicts between marginalized climbers and traditional elites. In The Last First: Winter K2, Amir Bar-Lev tells a complex, harrowing and moving story that takes an unflinching look at the industry of extreme mountain climbing and its changing culture. Focusing on a 2021 expedition, this documentary follows Icelander John Snorri Sigurjónsson and the Pakistani father-son team of Ali and Sajid Sadpara, a party of mountaineers who set out to be the first to summit K2 in the winter, when the mountain’s conditions are the cruelest. The men soon find themselves sharing the treacherous ascent with influencer climbers and their film crews, commercial expedition clients, and a Nepalese team no longer content to help Westerners achieve mountaineering glory. The Last First: Winter K2 takes us to the icy heights and unpredictable weather of K2 and reveals a surprising and layered story — one of strategy and determination, class and caste, money and power — all under life-and-death circumstances. “Bar-Lev directs with a steady hand, letting the participants speak for (and incriminate) themselves. Editor Joe Carey deserves special mention for tying together disparate story lines. This is not a film about triumph like Meru or Free Solo. You watch Last First with a growing sense of disbelief, trapped in a tragedy that shouldn’t have happened.” – Daniel Eagan, ScreenAnarchy.com Note films start right at the listed showtime. Discounted for members. Roxie Red Passes are not accepted for any screening at New People Cinema. All ticket sales are final.