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Endurance

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In a legendary feat of leadership and perseverance, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton kept alive his crew of 27 men for over a year despite the loss of their ship in frigid pack ice. Over a century later, a team of modern-day explorers sets out to find the sunken ship. Using unprecedented AI tools, the actual voices of Shackleton and his crew "read" their personal diaries from the 1914 expedition and, illustrated with Frank Hurley's original expedition footage and photos, create a shiver-inducing venture into the past using immersive techniques. Audiences are placed into you-are-there scenarios as Shackleton and six crew members speak their own diary entries, something never recorded when they were alive. In early 2022, the Endurance22 expedition team, onboard the South African icebreaker S.A. Agulhas II, carrying cutting-edge undersea search technology, set out to find the Endurance at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. Expedition Leader Dr. John Shears, expedition subsea manager Nico Vincent, director of exploration Mensun Bound and historian and broadcaster Dan Snow led a team of experts from around the globe in search of this perfect time capsule.

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Ross McIndoe Slant Magazine The film’s attempts to tell two stories at once ultimately see it damned by its own ambition. Oct 16, 2024 Full Review Wendy Ide Screen International The picture’s taut editing and deft storytelling make for an unexpectedly tense viewing experience. Oct 15, 2024 Full Review Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) It’s a film that exploration boffins will cherish most, but there’s plenty of grizzled male hardship here to engage fans of The Terror or The North Water. Rated: 4/5 Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Hugh Barnes The Arts Desk The moment of discovery itself can’t avoid a certain sinking feeling of bathos. Rated: 2/5 Oct 16, 2024 Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Endurance is a modern-day race in time in the search for Sir Ernest Shackleton's sunken ship under the Antarctic ice. Rated: 4/5 Oct 13, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In a legendary feat of leadership and perseverance, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton kept alive his crew of 27 men for over a year despite the loss of their ship in frigid pack ice. Over a century later, a team of modern-day explorers sets out to find the sunken ship. Using unprecedented AI tools, the actual voices of Shackleton and his crew "read" their personal diaries from the 1914 expedition and, illustrated with Frank Hurley's original expedition footage and photos, create a shiver-inducing venture into the past using immersive techniques. Audiences are placed into you-are-there scenarios as Shackleton and six crew members speak their own diary entries, something never recorded when they were alive. In early 2022, the Endurance22 expedition team, onboard the South African icebreaker S.A. Agulhas II, carrying cutting-edge undersea search technology, set out to find the Endurance at the bottom of the Weddell Sea. Expedition Leader Dr. John Shears, expedition subsea manager Nico Vincent, director of exploration Mensun Bound and historian and broadcaster Dan Snow led a team of experts from around the globe in search of this perfect time capsule.
Director
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewit
Producer
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewit, Ruth Johnston, Bob Eisenhardt
Distributor
National Geographic Documentary Films
Production Co
Little Dot Studios, Consequential, History Hit
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 2, 2024
Runtime
1h 40m