Snow Leopard Sisters

  • Documentary
3/7/2025
93

Storyline

In Nepal’s remote Dolpo region, two Indigenous women form an unlikely friendship to save one of the planet’s most mysterious and vulnerable wild cats: the snow leopard.

      Reviews

      • screenzealots

        Snow Leopard Sisters is a visually breathtaking, deeply moving documentary that intertwines a story about conservation, Indigenous resilience, and female empowerment against the backdrop of Nepals remote Dolpo region. Directed with a nice balance of both human and ecological drama, the film follows dedicated conservationist Tshiring Lhamu Lama and Tenzin Bhuti Gurung, a teenage girl who seizes an opportunity to escape an arranged marriage by apprenticing with Tshiring. Their unlikely friendship unfolds in a landscape as harsh as it is beautiful, where survival is a delicate balance between tradition and progress.

        The documentary grapples with complex issues, including the ethical dilemmas of wildlife conservation, the economic hardships ...

        April 4, 2025