Aftershock Everest and the Nepal Earthquake is a three-part documentary series released on Netflix, which tells survivors’ firsthand accounts and the actual footage fuels this emotional docuseries about the deadly 2015 earthquake that shook Nepal. It is directed by Olly Lambert, with series producer Natasha Zinni and executive producer Liesel Evans.
The Nepal earthquake of 2015, also called the Gorkha earthquake, severe earthquake that struck near the city of Kathmandu in central Nepal on April 25, 2015. About 9,000 people were killed, many thousands more were injured, and more than 600,000 structures in Kathmandu and other nearby towns were either damaged or destroyed.
The series introduces us to the three perspectives of people, stuck in different parts of the country. The first perspective is of the mountain climbers, who were on their way to the Everest Summit. The second is about the tourist in the Langtang valley and the locals who saw their whole village vanish. The third account is of a hotel owner in Kathmandu, whose whole building collapsed taking along his wife and kids.
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The natural disaster was the worst one that was ever recorded since 1934. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing 22, the deadliest incident on the mountain on record and another huge avalanche in the Langtang valley, where 250 people were reported missing. It mounted to almost the whole village in the valley.
While recounting the experiences and footage from that time, gives you goosebumps and makes you think about the fragility of our lives. How every decision could be so significant for your survival. The reactions so far are positive, however, many viewers expressed disappointment in the few documentary subjects that confessed to their selfish acts, in the face of such tragedy.
One of the controversial stories is about an Israeli group of friends who took out money from a locked box, which belonged to the bereaved family of the villagers. We couldn’t know for sure what their true intentions were, but it was a really bad decision that they made. Similarly, an American trekker who wanted to continue the trek despite the obvious dangerous situation left a bad taste.
Many locals also criticise how the creators have only taken the foreigner’s account into consideration and failed to show how much the locals actually helped everyone, despite having lost their own families. The aftermath of the disaster was much bigger than the documentary showed and focused on the petty drama more.
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Aftershock Everest and the Nepal Earthquake is streaming on Netflix.
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I love how the Israelis justify their looting
Great series, appalling loss of life, 6,000 people in the region. Add lowlife looting and thieving Israelis and it becomes criminal. Is it any surprise that they live in a stolen land and regularly brutalize helpless people?
It’s definitely not surprising at all. What’s actually surprising is they showed that part of the story
The Israelis should have immediately given the ‘box’ with the contents to the locals with respect, reverence and compassion. One wonders how they can sleep at night.
They are fucking Israelis. They sleep just fine after bulldozing men, women and children to take their land. They are the WORST! They do it all in the name of “god”.
Those israelis should drop dead
No matter what those Israelis should have procecuted in the land of Nepal only after rescuing them.
It’s sad to see such selfish westerners and Israelis, only thinking about their own safety. Fighting with nepalians and planning to take their money. The guy who took the money is utterly scum. In the documentary he just kept lying and trying to cover his crime. People like this should be prosecuted for stealing and assault on the locals.