Our screening has closed for the night. Special thanks to Ben Stookesberry, Chris Korbulic, and David Holbrooke for chatting with our readers. If you'd like to purchase the film for $6, go .
Hendri Coetzee
Hendri Coetzee
Ben Stookesberry runs a drop on the Ruzizi River, a tributary of the Congo, during Coetzee‚Äôs last expeditionJoin us on this page on May 3 at any time between 6 and 9 p.m. MST to watch Kadoma, the story of legendary kayaker Hendri Coetzee’s tragic last expedition deep into Africa’s Congo Basin.
Starting at 7 p.m. MST to join filmmakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic for a discussion of Coetzee’s legacy. The director of , David Holbrooke, will moderate the Q&A.
Film Synopsis
Kayaker Hendri Coetzee was a living legend: he paddled the length of the Nile, walked nearly a thousand miles along Tanzania’s coastline, and survived a cannibal attack when he soloed the Congo River from its source to sea. Kadoma documents Coetzee’s final expedition, where he was killed by a crocodile on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lukaga River. The film won awards at , the , , and received an honorable mention for the People's Choice Award at .
For more information on Coetzee and his last expedition, read Grayson Schaffer’s story “Consumed.”
To download the full version of Kadoma for $6, go .
To support education and clean water in the Congolese village of Kabeya Maji, where Coetzee was taken by the crocodile, please visit this . To support the publication of Coetzee’s memoir please visit the .
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