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"The Ancient Amazon"
ORF Universum BBC Discovery
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| Ancient Amazon | |||||
| Ur-Amazonas - Fluss aus der Wüste | |||||
courtesy of ORF | |||||
| year(s) of production: 2000 | |||||
| director: Herbert Habersack and Sepp Friedhuber producer: epo-film for ORF in association with ZDF, Docstar and bm:bwk | |||||
| Through an expedition to seek proof in support of the theory that one hundred and thirty million years ago the original source of the Amazon was located in the Ounianga Kébir lake district in the modern Sahara, this fascinating film, using the latest graphic and animation techniques, looks at the natural history, geology and archaeology of a rarely filmed region of the Sahara bordering Lake Chad. ![]() german | original version english | voice-over awards: Romy 2001 for Best Director; Telescience 2001: Finalist; Kalamata Int. Documentary Film Festival 2001: Finalist | |||||
