Adventure Series: Tracks: Alone Across The Outback
About the Show
When National Geographic got word that a 26-year-old woman named Robyn Davidson was planning a solo 1700-mile camel trek across the treacherous Australian outback, photojournalist Rick Smolan was dispatched to capture her journey several times during her nine month sojourn.
Intending to experience her journey alone, Robyn initially resented Rick’s presence but he eventually earned her trust. His story of their friendship and the images resulting from her journey led to an unforgettable 31-page National Geographic cover story. Robyn’s extraordinary trek is now captured in the award winning feature film TRACKS, a love story, a dog story, an adventure story, and a mystery. In the film Robyn is portrayed by Mia Wasikowska and Rick by Adam Driver.
Rick is a #1 New York Times best-selling author with over 5 million of his books in print. A Time, Life and National Geographic photojournalist, he created the DAY IN THE LIFE book series featuring the world’s leading photographers and which combines creative storytelling with state-of-the art technology. The Good Fight: America’s Ongoing Struggle for Justice was chosen by TED as the official book club selection, and will become a TV series.
Natasha’s Story, his TED talk about an 11-year-old child left to him in a dying Korean woman’s will, has been watched by over 1.4 million people. Oprah Winfrey featured Rick’s AMERICA 24/7 book on her “Favorite Things” program and Fortune describes Smolan’s Against All Odds Productions as “One of the 25 Coolest Companies in America.” In 2023, Rick was awarded the “Ellis Island Medal of Honor” presented to individuals who “embody the spirit of American patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity.” Rick’s latest undertaking is a dramatic TV series based on famed Science fiction author Robert Heinlein’s Tunnel in the Sky, in partnership with Miles Dale, Oscar-winning producer of The Shape of Water and the producer of Guillermo del Toro’s films.
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