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Safari
The Danielson family from middle, suburb America, win a six week paid vacation down the Blyde River Valley Gorge in South Africa and it becomes the vacation from hell that almost takes the life of everyone in the family, one at a time.
By Mark Mc Quown
Synopsis
Safari is an earth shattering ride for the complacent lives of the Danielson family from the Mid Western United States. Their eleven year old son Shayne wins a jungle jingle contest from a national juice company which sends the family on a fully paid, four week, vacation down the spectacular Blyde River Canyon Gorge in South Africa.
What the family ends up winning is a one-way ticket into a jungle that is being ravaged by a local rebel army seeking to take hostages as trade for political prisoners held in South Africa.
A National Geographic Photo Journalist, JoAnne Lindey and her equipment manager, Mashu, land on the escarpment high above the river valley to do a photo shoot for this international magazine.
The Danielsons vacation begins by arriving at their safari hotel only to find it on fire and under attack from enemy rebels. The Danielsons spend almost a month, traveling alone down through the valley, looking for anyone who could help them get back to civilization.
JoAnne and her companion finally find the Danielsons in a small village at the other end of the gorge from where they started. The village is under fire from the rebels who have followed the family there. The family barely escapes in a helicopter ordered up by JoAnne through her magazine connection.
The Danielson family returns home as national and international heroes through the television news services. Their heroic efforts to stay alive and finally come home alive are documented on national news stations and talk shoes.
In the end the family is back in their home and almost back to the life they left before the contest but their lives will never be the same.
Safari is an incredible story about a family whose strength to stay alive in the most formidable of places is a true story of heroes big and small. The love they share for each other is reflected in the deeds they perform in the name of survival. This family will capture your heart and tug at your soul as they pray for deliverance from this contest nightmare which seems to have no end.
Mark Mc Quown MarkMcQuown@ca.rr.com
11 year old boy
12 year old girl
Mr. Mc Quown has been honored with winning at the 1997 Santa Clarita International Film Festival, Animation Division with The Rocking Horse Christmas , the 2000 Telluride Independent Film Festival with The Tahoe Signal , the 2002 Telluride Independent Film Festival with Dot Gone and the 2002-2003 Key West Independent Film Festival with Pier 21 .
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