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Join the Africa Revolutions Tour team as they set out on one of the most action-packed, ambitious kayaking adventures ever! Building on years of film-making and whitewater exploration, the Tour represents a new genre of action sports documentary that couples the adventure and excitement of extreme sport with cause-driven initiatives. The expedition provided the opportunity to educate the people encountered about their solar potential and the Sun Catchers Project, a non-profit that installs solar cooking facilities in African orphanages, hospitals and communities. From the crocodile-infested White Nile in Uganda to big water first descents throughout Madagascar and the highest documented descent of the Zambezi. Come join the adventure! (30 mins)
This special episode of the new Nat Geo Adventure series follows Adventure Film founder Jonny Copp, his climbing partner Micah Dash, and Sender Films cameraman Wade Johnson on their fateful expedition to the unclimbed east face of Mt. Edgar, in western China. The episode documents the lives of these climbers leading up to the expedition, and features extensive footage of the expedition recovered from the massive avalanche that tragically took their lives. This is Wade Johnson's final masterpiece, and homage to three people who were an integral part of the Adventure Film family. (30 mins)
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Gum for My Boat is a story of hope focusing on the Bangladesh Surf Club and its members. The Club consists of more than 70 boys and girls and helps to introduce surfing into a culture in a very unconventional way. Their love for surfing brings them together and introduces them to a way of life they never knew existed. Many of the children are street kids or come from very poor families and the film focuses on the creation of community through surfing and its power to change lives. An ocean that was once deemed off limits due to fear and a very conservative Islamic culture, is now becoming source of fun, escape, and even a chance for a way to make a living. (33 mins)
Making the Crooked Straight is a film about one man’s journey to save the world by saving one child at a time. Born on Long Island and educated at John Hopkins, Dr. Rick Hodes has dedicated his life to helping heal the sick and poor of Ethiopia over the past 20 years. Often compared with Albert Schweitzer and Mother Teresa, Hodes believes the only way to change the world is to be the change you want to see. We are led through an exploration of this remarkable man’s work in Ethiopia, his highly original family life, and the spirituality that has guided his choices and sacrifices. (30 mins)
Hari Rai is a 17-year-old student who lives in a small Himalayan village in Nepal. To support himself and pay for his education, he works as a porter. In this documentary, Hari is hired to carry a Coca-Cola refrigerator to a repair shop, and the footage follows him through Nepal's stunning mountainscape—past tourist-filled hot springs, Buddhist temples, herds of goats and small villages. As we follow Hari on his journey, we discover his inner life, his thoughts, hopes and dreams and we also get to know the culture and the local people’s way of life in this region. We learn about their relation with the most important aspects of their lives: family, nature and religion. The four-day transport is a poignant portrait of child labor in modern-day Nepal. (53 mins)
In an unpredictable chain of events a mass flowering of the ancient New Zealand Beech forest leads to an excess of seed production. Mice and rodents take advantage of this abundance and numbers reach plague proportions. Incredible footage follows these rodents as they embark on a strange migration, attempting to swim across the expanse of New Zealand's rivers and lakes. There they fall prey to the largest predators in the lake - monster Brown trout. Gorging themselves on swimming mice, these fish become extremely aggressive and grow to epic proportions. For a fly fishing Angler who can tie a mouse pattern, this is the stuff dreams are made of. (40 mins)
Taste Brazil in this spicy short! Accompany climber Cedar Wright for a literal “walk-on-the-edge.” The usual palette of exotic sport climbing, slack-lining and adventure driving take on a tropic piquancy with death-defying free soloing and Base-jumping—Brazilian style. (9 mins)
This important film explores the world of Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times who almost single-handedly put the crisis in Darfur on the world map. The film puts the viewer in Kristof’s pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and just how and why real reporting is vital to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good. Nicholas knows that statistics deaden his readers' interest and compassion so he goes in search of individuals whose stories will reflect the country's desperate crisis and mobilize readers worldwide. He journeys through ravaged villages and displacement camps, and makes a harrowing visit to Congo's reigning rebel warlord, General Nkunda, at his jungle hideout. (60 mins)
In the heart of the lofty, knife-sharp Vindhya Mountains in India sits a 6,500-foot rock and ice route that resembles a massive shark fin and rises from the ocean of crags. This fin, that is twice as long as anything on El Capitan and just as steep, has denied many notable climbers from reaching its summit. In Samsara, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk set out to attempt a first ascent. The film is woven together with art, journal excerpts and still photography. Produced by the athletes, Samara is an unfiltered perspective into a powerful Himalayan climbing experience. The team spends twenty days of life on the cliff face with ten days of food through major storm cycles on a hanging platform smaller than the size of a single bed. They push to the very edge of what they thought possible and rediscover why they are drawn to suffer in such sacred and beautiful places. (19 mins)
From the orange and gold of fall to the pink cherry blossoms of spring, Signatures follows an entire winter deep in the hardwoods of Hokkaido, Japan. Deliciously deep January blower to April corn, we bring you a film about expression, and the art of riding on snow. At the heart of this lovely tale of deep powder mystery: the seasons. In Japan there is a cultural connection to the different signatures of our terrestrial home - a sense that the rhythm of fall, winter, spring, summer influences the rhythm of the person, their energy, their style, and the lines they choose. Shot in vibrant HD, Signatures is 100% human powered backcountry skiing in all snow-sliding styles: board, noboard, ski, and drop-knee. (50 mins)
Patagonia athletes Majka Burnhart and Kate Rutherford departed for Namibia with two goals: to find a way up an unexplored face, and to find a way into a deeper understanding of southern Africa Along with Peter Doucette, the trio discover a climbing-plus adventure in a landscape of translucent scorpions, laser sharp granite cracks, and foreboding meter-long cobra tracks. Along the way, they mingle with the Himba--one of the last great Southern African pastoral tribes. An esoteric exploration--in the name of first ascents--and remarkable cultural connection. (29 mins)
The World's rivers are being dammed now faster than ever. In response to this, a group of whitewater paddlers set out on a one-year adventure to document what could be the last descents of Nepal's Marsyangdi River, Uganda's White Nile River and India's Brahmaputra River. These rivers are all in the process of being dammed or are threatened by large-scale hydroelectric projects. In addition to native people living sustainably in their environment and the most ecologically diverse areas in the world, these rivers are also home to gigantic whitewater. The adventure of travel and exploration, the story of native people fighting to survive and the exhilaration of whitewater kayaking are mingled together in this award-winning film. (53 mins)
In September 2006, two very different groups attempted to climb in the snow capped Himalayas. One sought freedom, the other adventure. A murder bought them together. This is a true story. Tibet: Murder in the Snow centers around an incident which shocked the world, a teenage Tibetan nun, Kelsang Namtso, was killed when Chinese border police opened fire on a group of pilgrims as they fled Tibet over the infamous Nangpa Pass. The shooting was witnessed by several climbers, some of whom videotaped or photographed the events, helped rescue survivors and sent the story out to the world. Using the original climber footage, reenactments and interviews with witnesses and survivors, Tibet: Murder in the Snow tells of young Tibetans who risk their lives each year to illegally cross the rugged Himalaya Mountains in an attempt to see their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, or attend school in India. (51 mins)
Quizilol, a young Tsaatan nomad, lives in the snow-dusted plains of northern Mongolia. He's deeply in love with Solongo but before he can marry her, Quizilol must prove to her father that he is man enough to care for her. In order to accomplish this, Quizilol attempts to raise a herd of reindeer without any assistance from friends or family. Bestowed a young stallion by his family, the determined young man is crestfallen when a blizzard blows in, and his reindeer escapes. Should the animal cross into the nearby Russian border, it's sure to be lost forever. Only by capturing the lost reindeer will Quizilol earn the right to marry his beloved Solongo, and only by venturing into the untamed wilderness by himself will he discover the courage to live up to his true potential. (52 mins)