After that it screened at number of film festivals. The film first premiered on 15 September 2008 on National Geographic Channel and then screened at Sheffield International Documentary Festival on 8 November 2008. The one out at sea seemed somehow alive." Release and reception I came into this thing just wanting to know what might lead someone to attempt something that would have such a powerful and emotional effect on him." He further added, "What I started to see really quickly was that the Andrew who existed on land in preparing for his trip or talking about how his first attempt hadn't worked out, was a very different character to the one out at sea. So, it is an interesting kind of area, and I think there is no black and white."ĭavid Michod the co-director on the film said that "That footage was so compelling. And it's only then that people turn around and say, "Well, you know, what are you doing it in the first place for?," you know. The film was to be based on his journey, and also utilise his recovered video tapes.ĭirector Jennifer Peedom said about making the film that "There's a very fine line between making it and not making it, and he didn’t make it.
Production of the documentary began in 2008, a year after McAuley's death. Solo is a stirring psychological portrait of McAuley's unshakable need to claim a first and to conquer the unknown - a need that would ultimately cost him his life. On 9 February, New Zealand maritime authorities received his distress call but they could not save his life. After a month at sea, Andrew had endured all the difficulties and a three-day Category 9 storm. In January 2007, thirty years after the first man-powered crossing of the Tasman Sea by row boat, Andrew McAuley set out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand to cross 1600 km of one of the most dangerous oceans on Earth - the Southern Ocean stretch of the Tasman Sea.
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