After the Snowmelt review
Yi-Shan Lo returns to Nepal to follow the route of her best friend’s ill-fated hike in a harrowing but cathartic documentary
TL;DR
- Yi-Shan Lo's documentary debut grapples with a hiking tragedy involving her best friends, Chun and Yueh, in Nepal.
- Chun died and Yueh survived after going missing during a snowstorm; Lo stayed behind due to illness.
- Lo uses text messages, Chun's diaries, and rescue footage to retrace the events.
- The film highlights Chun's non-conforming identity and the misgendering he faced in death.
- Lo revisits the Nepal trail, using filmmaking as a cathartic act to transform trauma into remembrance.