American humanitarian and BlinkNow CEO Maggie Doyne is the subject of the documentary Between the Mountain and the Sky selected to screen at the 2024 Naples Film Festival. Based on Doyne’s 2022 book, the documentary chronicles her journey from childhood to building a children’s home, women’s center, and school in Nepal.
The documentary premiered in May at the Mountainfilm Festival, in Telluride, Colorado, earning critical acclaim and winning both the Audience Choice Award and Student Choice Award. It has since also received the Best Documentary Award at both the Athens International Monthly and Dublin Independent film festivals.
It is set to screen at the Alamo Drafthouse in Naples, Florida on October 25, at 7:20 PM, October 26, at 6:20 PM, and October 27, at 11:00 AM
Between the Mountain and the Sky follows Doyne’s journey from a childhood in New Jersey to a high school gap year and world travels, which led her to volunteer in India alongside Malla, and to visit Nepal. Doyne’s life was changed by meeting the children of Surkhet, Nepal, and she began to pursue a compassionate vision to ensure that every child is safe, educated, and loved. As they cultivated relationships and listened to the needs of the people in this region, Doyne and Malla collaborated with the community to establish a children’s home for those without families, a school for children who cannot afford education, a women’s empowerment center, and a host of other programs that together create a model for comprehensive and sustainable community development.
Doyne was named the CNN Hero of the Year in 2015, has been featured in Forbes and the New York Times, and, together with a team of caregivers and teachers, has helped to raise more than 80 children and educate more than 600 students.
According to Doyne, “For the past 8 years, Jeremy has worked to capture the story of our family through his lens. I’m so grateful and honored that this documentary will make its way into the world and hopefully inspire healing and love for our human family, our children, and our planet.”
Director Jeremy Power Regimbal holds a very close personal connection to the subjects of the documentary – he and Doyne eventually married. “I found myself on an intensely emotional journey, one that transcended the boundaries of filmmaking, and intertwined with my personal life in unexpected ways. Falling in love with Maggie and becoming part of the big, beautiful Kopila family added layers of depth and emotion to the already-profound experience of crafting this film.”