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This documentary, produced and directed by Michael Dillon, was released in 2020 and became well known, well-loved and received many international awards. This screening includes a Q&A session with Peter Hillary and Michael Dillon.

In 1977, Sir Edmund Hillary led one of his most extraordinary adventures, Ocean to Sky. a journey by jet boat up India’s sacred Ganges River from the ocean to its Himalayan source. For the people of India, it was a pilgrimage led by a hero; for Hillary and his son Peter, it was a personal journey of healing after family tragedy.

Travelling aboard New Zealand’s iconic Hamilton Jet Boats, the team navigated the river’s tiger-filled delta, vast floodplains and treacherous mountain gorges. Near the Ganges’ snowy source, the unthinkable happened, Hillary himself was struck by life-threatening altitude sickness, leading to one of the most dramatic rescues of his career.

Travelling aboard New Zealand’s iconic Hamilton Jet Boats, the team navigated the river’s tiger-filled delta, vast floodplains and treacherous mountain gorges. Near the Ganges’ snowy source, the unthinkable happened, Hillary himself was struck by life-threatening altitude sickness, leading to one of the most dramatic rescues of his career.