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Legendary Canadian filmmaker Frank Cole (1954-2000) entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the first man to cross the Sahara on foot. This specially curated programme comprises of a legacy of two features, a pair of award-winning short films and a mystery that may never be solved.
In this combined programme
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The Mountenays
A short black-and-white marvel of direct cinema about the Mountenay family, who live in a stretch of abandoned forest in the Ottawa Valley.
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The Man Who Crossed the Sahara
A deliberate, sobering and compelling film about the life of film maker Frank Cole who crossed the Sahara alone and was murdered by bandits in Octo
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A Documentary
In Frank’s first short film, he brings a terrifying mixture of intimacy and distance to bear on his aging grandparents.
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