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Executive Summary
Mission StatementThe Last Descent is a project to raise public awareness that some of the world's most beautiful, culturally rich and ecologically significant rivers are threatened by large scale hydropower projects. The team will produce a whitewater adventure film with the focus on international rivers that are threatened by dams. The team of world class kayakers will descend three major rivers self supported by whitewater kayaks in order to fully illustrate the beauty and value of the rivers as they are, possibly for the last time. MethodsRoute:The team will travel with kayaks and film equipment to Nepal, India , Africa and California. The film will focus on three of the worlds great rivers: the Marsyandi River in Nepal , the Brahmaputra River in India and the White Nile River in Uganda which are all threatened or in the process of being dammed. Equipment: Whitewater kayaks, Sony high definition cameras, necessary camping equipment Timeline: Filming 10/07-10/08, editing and promoting 10/08-3/09, release and promotional tour 3/09-5/09 Media Projects: Full-length documentary style film, interactive web site, national promotional tour, print advertisements and articles. Collaboration: The team will be exploring with other professional kayakers as well as working together with non profits and other environmental activists to promote The Last Descent.
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