The Ark of Lights and Shadows

March. 17,2018      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The forgotten story of Martin and Osa Johnson, rebel filmmakers and Kansas natives who made some of the first films in Africa in times when filming itself was more dangerous than lions or malaria.

Igor Bareš as  Narrator (voice)
Zora Jandová as  Narrator (voice)

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