Running the Sahara is a documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 feature film that chronicles the Ray Zahab

Ray Zahab

On November 1, 2006 former “pack a day smoker” Ray Zahab and two other runners set out on an epic expedition to cross the Sahara Desert by foot. One hundred and eleven days and 7500 km after leaving the coast of Senegal they completed their journey stepping into the Red Sea. The epic expedition had...

, Charlie Engle, and Kevin Lin

Kevin Lin

Kevin Lin is an ultramarathon runner from Taipei, Taiwan.Living in Taipei, Kevin is one of the most well known endurance athletes in Asia...

's attempt to run across the entire Sahara desert. They traveled a total of 6920 kilometers reaching the Red Sea on February 20 2007.

Producers Marc Joubert, Keith Quinn, Larry Tanz and director James Moll filmed on location in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 across six countries: Senegal

Senegal

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, Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

, Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

, Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

, Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

, Egypt

Egypt

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. Prepare2go.com supported the film crew with the logistics throughout.

Directed by: James Moll

James Moll

James Moll is a film director and producer.His company, Allentown Productions, has been based at Universal Studios since 1994, primarily producing film and television projects focused on stories of non-fiction....

Narrated by: Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...

Produced by: Marc Joubert, Larry Tanz

Larry Tanz

Larry Tanz is an entertainment industry executive.Tanz served four years as CEO and President of LivePlanet, the entertainment company founded by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. He oversaw strategy and operations, as well as key projects for the company. He led the company through its only four years...

, Keith Quinn

Keith Quinn

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, James Moll

James Moll

James Moll is a film director and producer.His company, Allentown Productions, has been based at Universal Studios since 1994, primarily producing film and television projects focused on stories of non-fiction....

Executive produced by: Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting , from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck...

 and Jim Van Eerden

Jim Van Eerden

James "Jim" Van Eerden is a Co-founder and Managing Director for The Helixx Group. He is a brand strategist, media producer, and specialist in developing “blended value” enterprises...

 and Jack Gilardi, Jr.
Score produced by: Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer

Hans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including critically acclaimed film scores for The Lion King , Crimson Tide , The Thin Red Line , Gladiator , The Dark Knight and Inception .Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the...

 and composed by Heitor Perriera

Music by: Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

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, U2

U2

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, Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...

Edited by: Ricky Kreitman

Director of Photography: Harris Done
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