A filmed record of former president Theodore Roosevelt's and Cândido Rondon's 1913-14 expedition to the then uncharted Rio da Dúvida, later renamed the Roosevelt River..
Theodore Roosevelt, Caroline Gentry
United States
If you’re looking for a polished adventure film or something with a narrative arc, you’re going to be bored out of your mind. But if you have a weird fascination with seeing historical figures looking genuinely miserable in the heat, The River of Doubt is worth the hour or so it takes to sit through. It’s for the kind ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Caroline Gentry
Ralph Ince
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"If you’re looking for a polished adventure film or something with a narrative arc, you’re going to be bored out of your mind. But if you have a weird fascination with seeing historical figures looking genuinely miserable in the heat, The River of Doubt is worth the hour or so it takes to sit through. It’s for the kind of person who likes looking at old family photos of people they don’t know, just to see what the clothes looked like. The first thing that hits you is how small Theodore Roosevelt..."
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