MYSTERY OF THE NILE

Year: 2005
USA: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Cast: Pasquale Scaturro, Gordon Brown, Saskia Lange, Mohamed Megahed, Myriam Seco, Michel L'Huillier
Director: Jordi Llompart
Country: USA
USA: 47 mins
USA Release Date: 18 February 2005 (Limited Release - IMAX)

Synopsis

MYSTERY OF THE NILE is a breathtaking cinematic adventure that takes audiences on an expedition down the world's greatest and most deadly river, the Blue Nile. For 114 days, a team of explorers led by Pasquale Scaturro and Gordon Brown face seemingly insurmountable challenges - class VI rapids, dangerous crocodiles and hippos, gunfire from bandits, malaria, sand storms and the fierce desert sun - as they make their way along all 3,250 miles of the river to became the first in history to complete a full descent of the Blue Nile from source to sea. Throughout the journey crossing Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, the beauty and wonder of the magnificent Nile region are revealed as never before.

Locations:

Ethiopia: Lake Tana, Lalibela, Tissisat Falls and the great canyon of the Blue Nile.
Sudan: Khartoum where the Blue and White Nile meet, and the black pyramids of Meroe.
Egypt: Lake Nasser, Abu Simbel, Aswan, Luxor, Cairo and Alexandria.