Everest Dark vs The First Hymn
The First Hymn is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 30m. Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Everest Dark
The First Hymn| Everest Dark | The First Hymn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Jereme Watt | John Dickson, Mark Hadley |
| Main cast | Jaswant Dev Shrestha, Pem Futi Sherpa, Nim Tsiri Sherpa, Nima Temba Sherpa, Mingma Tsiri Sherpa | John Dickson, Chris Tomlin, Ben Fielding, Stephanie Boonstra |
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…
The First Hymn
In the ancient ruins of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, archaeologists unearthed a papyrus scrap containing the earliest known Christian hymn, complete with both its lyrics and musical notation. Analyzed at Oxford University, this discovery challenges traditional views of church history by revealing the rich musical practices of early believers. Hosted by Australian historian John Dickson, the feature-length documentary “The First Hymn” chronicles the…
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