Cousteau trades fish for hippos in this wild African river odyssey.
A breathtaking trip down Earth's longest river reveals its fabled past and complex, challenging present. Wild hippopotami, the mysteries of the deadly tsetse fly, the ancient Dinka and Shilluk African tribes and the Sudd- a swamp as large as England - are among the natural wonders encountered along the trek from Uganda to Khartoum to Egypt, before concluding at the manmade wonders of the Nile, the Jonglei Canal and the Aswan High Dam.
Cinematography
Pre-digital river footage that makes you smell the humidity.
Production
1970s documentary ambition: build a plane, fly to swamp, hope for best.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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