Running the Sahara (2007)

Directed by

James Moll

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three men attempt to run across the entire Sahara Desert. The film follows their physical and mental journey through six African countries over thousands of kilometers.

inspiringgruelingdeterminedimmersivestripped-downvisually starksteady-paced

What happens

Running the Sahara is a 2007 documentary feature film that chronicles Ray Zahab, Charlie Engle, and Kevin Lin's attempt to run across the entire Sahara Desert. They traveled a total of 6920 kilometers, reaching the Red Sea on February 20, 2007. Producers Marc Joubert, Keith Quinn, Larry Tanz and director James Moll filmed on location in Africa across six countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya, Egypt. Prepare2go.com supported the film's crew with logistics throughout. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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