Volcanic Sprint

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Volcanic Sprint is a 2007 documentary film about produced by Steve Dorst and Dan Evans about the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, a grueling mountain race in Buea, Southwest Province, Cameroon. The film features the mostly local competitors who compete against tough odds to overcome dire poverty. The film focuses on five main competitors: Sarah Etonge, Catherine Ngwang, Max Mwambo, Dominique Tedjojem, and Bart van Doorne. The first half of the the film cuts between footage of the athletes with their families, at work, and training. The second half of the film covers the race itself, starting at the Molyko Sport Complex, going up to the summit of Mount Cameroon, and back down again. Volcanic Sprint debuted at the 2007 Globians Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.

[edit] External links

• Volcanic Sprint, the film website.
• Dorst MediaWorks, the film production company.
• Foreign Affairs Documentary, the filmmaker's blog.