Narrated by Tilda Swinton and using original 16mm footage, tape recordings and interviews this brilliant 2006 documentary recounts the story of Donald Crowhurst and his fatal attempt to win the first Golden Globe Race in 1968. Taking Flight: Britain’s America’s Cup Challenge The film was awarded the Palme D’Or twice and has now been re-released in HD. He sails from France to Quebec via the Roaring Forties of the Southern Ocean and Cape Horn.Gélinas shot the 16 mm film in order to share his experience with fellow sailors, especially the use of his self-steering gear.
With interviews and original footage, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston: A Force of Nature is a fantastic documentary about one of the most legendary British sailors of all times.ġ984 film Jean Du Sud Around the World tells the story of sailor Yves Gélinas’s solo 28,000 miles circumnavigation aboard his Alberg 30 sloop, Jean-du-Sud. This BBC documentary was broadcast in June 2018 to mark 50 years since Sir Robin Knox-Johnston set sail from Falmouth to win the original Golden Globe Race thus becoming the first person to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world half a century before. The documentary is available to buy on Amazon Prime, Vimeo and Apple iTunes. Matt’s adventure started in Annapolis, Maryland, where he returned having achieved his goal 309 days later. This inspiring 2014 documentary tells the story of Matt Rutherford, once a rebellious youth, who bought a sailing boat on the internet without inspecting it first, learnt to sail by himself and at the age of 21 attempted the dangerous voyage to become the first person to sail alone and nonstop around North and South America. Red Dot on the Ocean: The Matt Rutherford Story This exhilarating 2010 documentary follows 30 hopeful skippers who take part in the 2008/2009 Vendée Globe race, the single-handed, non stop race around the world without assistance. She was only 16 years and four months of age. Finally, in August 2010, she set sail on her epic journey onboard her two-masted ketch and arrived, 5,600 nautical miles later, at Simpson Bay on St Maarten in January 2012 – breaking the world record. Released in 2013, Maidentrip tells the story of New Zealand-born Dutch teen Laura Dekker, who set out to become the youngest person to sail around the world single-handedly.ĭekker had to fight a Dutch court to be allowed to pursue her dream at such a young age. He was en route to the Fife regatta in Scotland. You can choose to remain anonymous if you wish.Released in 2008 and nominated for a prestigious Cesar Award for Best Documentary Film, Tabarly is based on the life of French yachtsman Eric Tabarly who lost his life after falling overboard from his Pen Duick boat off the coast of Wales in June 1998. Tell us your story! How has SL been a world for you in quarantine? Has it helped you find your identity? Did you form a special relationship on the platform If you're an artist, do you come here to share your works (design clothes, host virtual raves, digital photography)? We are looking for people who would like to share their SL experiences with us during or before quarantine.
Through interviews (all filmed digitally due to COVID) and re-enactments on SL, we are searching for stories to tell from an experiential, non-judgmental and visually-driven way. The film will be submitted to film festivals and uploaded online.
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The documentary is directed by Olivia De Camps, a Dominican-American film student in her Senior year at New York University Tisch School of The Arts and produced by Tom Sidi, a TV and commercial producer. As we have been stuck at home without a possibility to physically meet, the idea of a digital world has become even more attractive. Users have the ability to immerse in the world they have always dreamed of living in, exploring their gender, racial, or sexual identity and creating strong bonds with people they might never get a chance to meet off screen.
For many individuals, virtual worlds not only serve as escapism, but also morph into an expansion of their real life- where genuine friendships are formed, economy thrives, and often romance is built upon a virtual image that is frequently transferred to the real world.
#SECOND LIFE DOCUMENTARIES SERIES#
Through a series of individual stories, this documentary aims to explore the core of basic human interaction. Every day, all around the world, millions of people log onto virtual worlds such as Second Life.
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