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Sahara Prison
58 min
Available until 14/09/2026
On 25 November 2011, Johan Gustafsson set off from his native Sweden on an adventure of a lifetime: a motorbike trip across Africa. But his dream journey turned into a nightmare when he was kidnapped by Al-Qaeda, along with a South African and a Dutchman. What followed was a terrible ordeal of over five years of captivity in the Sahara desert.
Director
Simon Stanford
Marika Griehsel
Author
Simon Stanford
Marika Griehsel
Producer
DEEP SEA PRODUCTIONS
Distributor
JOURNEYMAN PICTURES Ltd
Country
Sweden
Year
2022
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