Between the Mountain and the Sky

We watched the documentary Between the Mountain and the Sky last night, and were quite moved by it:

From the Duplass Brothers, Between the Mountain and the Sky follows CNN Hero Maggie Doyne and Top Malla over twenty years as they build a home that becomes a family to more than fifty orphaned children in Nepal. At the height of this journey, an unimaginable loss shatters everything, and the filmmaker steps from behind the camera—deepening the story into a meditation on grief, resilience, and the power of love to heal.

Through a mix of raw home videos and vérité footage captured through a lens of love, the film reaches a rare level of intimacy — resisting staged interviews, makeup, and talking heads to reveal something far more human. It offers an unfiltered look at compassion that runs deeper than headlines and heroism, revealing a raw portrait of motherhood, loss, and the quiet courage to keep going.

The “Duplass Brothers” are Mark (who you might recognize as “Chip” from The Morning Show) and Jay. They are prolific creators; I know them best from Togetherness (recommended).

Maggie Doyne and Top Malla run BlinkNow, and funds from the pay-what-you-can streaming of the documentary support the group’s work.