Everest Dark vs Shaka: A Story of Aloha
Shaka: A Story of Aloha is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 30m. Shaka: A Story of Aloha is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Everest Dark
Shaka: A Story of Aloha| Everest Dark | Shaka: A Story of Aloha | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 22m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Jereme Watt | Alexander Bocchieri |
| Main cast | Jaswant Dev Shrestha, Pem Futi Sherpa, Nim Tsiri Sherpa, Nima Temba Sherpa, Mingma Tsiri Sherpa | Henry Kapono Ka'aihue, Kekela Miller, Moana Jones Wong, Steve Sue, Brook Lee |
Synopsis
Everest Dark
Tourists line up at the foot of Mount Everest to climb the mythological mountain – and to tell everyone else about the feat. For the same reason, Mount Everest has become a graveyard full of the frozen corpses of fallen mountaineers. But the story of the world’s highest mountain also has another, overlooked side: the local one. For around the huge mountain between Nepal and Tibet lives a local population with their own worldview, which is very…
Shaka: A Story of Aloha
A documentary on the origin, meanings and uses of the gesture. The shaka sign is reputed to be over a century old, but its origins are the stuff of myths and legends. It turns out that kupuna (Hawaiian elders) have kept the story secret for almost a century. Why? They didn't want it told incorrectly or commercialized. But given advancing age and a world in need, they decided it was time to share the story.
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