SKELETONS ON THE SAHARA
In 1815, a Connecticut merchant ship shipwrecks off the west coast of Africa. Captured by Arab nomads, Captain James Riley and his crew are sold into brutal slavery and marched across the exotic and deadly vistas of the Saharan Desert, where skin boils, eyeballs burn, lips blacken and men shrivel to less than 90 pounds. Along the way the Americans will encounter everything that could possibly test them: barbarism, murder, starvation, a plague of locusts and hostile tribes that roam the desert on armies of camels. But Riley and his men will also discover ancient cities, secret oases and a culture largely unknown to the modern world. And in this strange land, they will forge an unlikely bond with a Muslim slave trader who might hold the key to their survival. This friendship, initially hindered by mistrust, grows with an open-mindedness and understanding that seems especially relevant today, as the tenuous evolution of the relationship between the Western and Arab worlds continues.
Skeletons on the Sahara will take viewers inside the adventure, with realistic recreations shot on location in Africa, compelling interviews with descendants of Riley, his crew and the Arabs who held them captive, and with expert commentary from Dean King, author of the bestselling book of the same name.
