The Raft
NAME OF FILM: THE RAFT
DIRECTOR(S): Marcus Lindeen
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: In 1973, eleven people crossed the Atlantic by raft. The reconstruction of a controversial social experiment, awarded at the CPH:DOX festival in Copenhagen.
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