Today is the Canadian Premiere for Torn, a Film About Legend Alex Lowe
The new film is directed by Max Lowe and will screen at the Banff Film Fest tonight. You can also watch it online
On Oct. 5, 1999, legendary climber Alex Lowe was tragically lost alongside cameraman and fellow climber David Bridges in a deadly avalanche on the slopes of the Tibetan mountain, Shishapangma.
Miraculously surviving the avalanche was Lowe’s best friend and climbing partner, renowned mountaineer Conrad Anker. After the tragedy, Anker and Lowe’s widow, Jennifer, fell in love and married, and Anker stepped in to help raise Alex’s three sons.
Torn, which premieres today at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, delivers a profoundly intimate look at the Lowe-Anker family using never-before-released archival footage of the ill-fated 1999 expedition.
The film also reveals early footage of Lowe and Anker as young climbers, personal home videos and strikingly candid interviews with the Lowe-Ankers, the film will follow Lowe’s son, Max, in his quest to understand his iconic late father as he explores family’s complex relationships in the wake of his father’s death. You can watch it online this weekend here.
Torn Trailer
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