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Voyage of the Sarimanok (1986)
Directed by Peter Welch
Overview
A film of Bob Hobman’s attempt to sail across the Indian Ocean in a primitive native craft. He aimed to show that the people of Madagascar, who originally came from Indonesia 2,500 years ago, sailed, not in a series of stages, but directly across the Indian Ocean, in one of the great epic voyages of history. His voyage took 65 days.
Length 51 minutes
Actors
Bob Hobman | Rupert Frazer | Charles (Chico) Hansen | Steve Corrigan | Sally Crook | Robin Davy | Don King | Colin Putt | W. (Bill) McGrath | Peter Rogers | Albrecht Schaeffer