About Kwanza: The Drowning Diamond of Angola

Duration: 28:02

Director: Mike Dawson
Producers: Mike Dawson, Jake Holland

Rumors emerged from Angola about a river the size of the Zambezi laden with rapids, but hidden behind an iron layer of bureaucracy and the aftermath of a 27-year civil war that raged across wild savannahs. Those rumors lured three expedition kayakers on the adventure of a lifetime. Kwanza is the story of Mike Dawson, Dewet Michau and Jake Holland, who embraced the challenge of the wild Kwanza River and raced against time to kayak its mighty rapids before dams drown them. 

Watch this film in the Adventure 2022 Virtual Program.