Toronto Film Festival RTS Premier

Friday, September 7th, 2007

EPMartin attends the Toronto Film Festival premier of Running the Sahara. The project will be narrated by Academy Award™-winner Matt Damon and directed by Academy Award™-winner James Moll. A small film crew tracked the runners across the desert, capturing their incredible journey on camera, recording this landmark moment in athleticism, in humanitarianism, and in history.The Running the Sahara documentary explores the physical and emotional impact of this tremendous test of strength and determination. The film will allow us to relive the runners’ life-changing experience as we watch them brave the elements in one of the most extreme environments on Earth and meet the unique people of the Sahara, struggling with immense daily challenges.

The film’s narrative follows the runners on their quest, each step toward the finish line building in great anticipation of answering the question: Can this amazing human feat truly be possible?

Through the documentary, their journey will become legend.

Running the Sahara is a documentary in the truest sense: The director and his crew documented the expedition, observing without interfering or influencing it in any way.

Running the Sahara is a LivePlanet and Allentown Production, presented by Independent Producers Alliance with financing support from Stanford Financial Group.

Credits:
James Moll, Director
Matt Damon, Narrator
Larry Tanz, Producer
Marc Joubert, Producer
Keith Quinn, Producer
Rick Eldridge, Producer
Matt Damon, Executive Producer
Jim Van Eerden, Executive Producer
Paul Brooks, Co-Executive Producer
Jack Gilardi Jr., Co-Executive Producer
Daniel DeLiege, Co-Executive Producer
Mark Koch, Co-Executive Producer
David Salzberg, Co-Executive Producer
Christian Tureaud, Co-Executive Producer

Charlie Engle, Jason Martin, Kevin Lin, Ray Zahab, Mike Prstojevich