Expedição Filmes
Expedição de 22 mil quilômetros realizada em 1992, de Los Angeles a São Paulo em comemoração aos 500 anos do descobrimento das Américas. Este projeto foi veiculado na MTV e divulgado pela grande mídia no Brasil e nos EUA. Em 1993 um livro foi escrito sobre esta experiência.
Se alguma coisa pudesse dar errado nessa expedição, deu.
Logo no início da viagem, no México, fomos parados inúmeras vezes por policiais corruptos. Na Guatemala, equipamentos foram roubados de dentro de um de nossos carros. Na Nicarágua, fomos interceptados por guerrilheiros, mas saímos ilesos graças aos nossos passaportes, brasileiros. Na Venezuela, vimos ao vivo a 2a Tentativa de Golpe de Estado de Hugo Chavez. E finalmente, chegando ao Brasil, tivemos que fugir de conflitos na fronteira.
Felizmente, terminamos a expedição com sucesso. Também foi quando tudo começou, ou seja, quando a Expedição Filmes foi fundada.
Crossing American Coast was a 22,000 km expedition performed in 1992, from Los Angeles to São Paulo. Our goal was celebrate the 500th anniversary of Americas’ discovery. This project was produced for MTV and divulged by mainstream media in Brazil and the USA. In 1993 a book was launched about this experience.
If anything could going wrong on this expedition, has. Early in trip, in Mexico, we were stopped several times by corrupt police. In Guatemala, equipment was stolen from one of our cars. In Nicaragua, we were intercepted by guerrillas, but left uninjured thanks to our Brazilians passports. In Venezuela, we witnessed the 2a Hugo Chavez’s military Coup D’etat attempted. And finally arriving at Brazil, we had to run away from border’s conflict. Fortunately, the expedition finished successfully.
It was also when everything was started, in other words, when Expedition Films was founded.
Crew:
Renato Castanho – expedition leader Nissan King-cab’s pilot
Lawrence Wahba – camera-man
Roberto Gorla – Nissan Pathfinder’ s pilot
Ricardo Azevedo – Nissan King-cab’s co-pilot
Paulo Esper Jorge – Nissan Pathfinder’ s co-pilot
Jorge Von Simson – photographer and mechanic
Sponsors: NISSAN, SURFMORE, CALOI and ALPARGATAS
