Coming to PBS’s American Experience tomorrow, Tuesday, January 9:
INTO THE AMAZON
Director:
John Maggio
Premiere:
American Experience (January 2018)
About:
Former President Teddy Roosevelt faces death during a South American expedition.
In 1913, still stinging from his electoral defeat which would have given him a third term as president, Roosevelt set off on an adventure to re-energize his spirits. Joining with famed Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon and a team of six Americans which included his son, Kermit, Roosevelt was tasked to chart an unexplored Amazon tributary known as the River of Doubt. As detailed in Maggio’s well-executed, if conventional, retelling, the experience turned out far more challenging and treacherous than anyone anticipated, costing the lives of several on the trek, and nearly adding Roosevelt’s to that number.
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