Ra (1972 film)

Ra
Film poster
Directed by	Lennart Ehrenborg Thor Heyerdahl
Produced by	Lennart Ehrenborg
Cinematography	Carlo Mauri Kei Ohara
Release dates	23 March 1972 (1972-03-23)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Sweden Norway
Language	English

Ra (also known as The Ra Expeditions) is a 1972 documentary film directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl about the expeditions organised by Thor Heyerdahl in 1969 and 1970 in attempt to cross the Atlantic on papyrus boats. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[1]

Cast

Norman Baker
Roscoe Lee Browne as Narrator
Abdullah Djibrine
Santiago Genovés
Thor Heyerdahl as Himself
Carlo Mauri
Kei Ohara
Madanni Ait Ouhanni
Yuri Senkevich
Georges Sourial

References

↑ "NY Times: Ra". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

External links

Ra at the Internet Movie Database
The Ra Expeditions at the TCM Movie Database

Thor Heyerdahl

Projects	Kon-Tiki Jakten på Odin

Books written	The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas Aku-Aku Fatu Hiva

Films directed	Kon-Tiki (1950) Galapagos (1955) Ra (1972)

Related topics	Heyerdahl Award Kon-Tiki Museum Pyramids of Güímar LI2B Kon-Tiki (2012)

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