From 2015 to 2017, filmmaker Miguel de Olaso (AKA Macgregor) and his crew spend many months traveling back and forth on the famed Mauritanian Railway--one of the longest and heaviest trains in the world, the so-called 'Backbone of the Sahara--to document the grueling journey endured by merchants who regularly travel atop this train to transport goods to people living in remote Saharan towns. The result is a beautifully-executed 12-minute documentary titled The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the...
From 2015 to 2017, filmmaker Miguel de Olaso (AKA Macgregor) and his crew spend many months traveling back and forth on the famed Mauritanian Railway--one of the longest and heaviest trains in the world, the so-called 'Backbone of the Sahara--to document the grueling journey endured by merchants who regularly travel atop this train to transport goods to people living in remote Saharan towns. The result is a beautifully-executed 12-minute documentary titled The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the...
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