"Narrated by Oscar® award winning British actor, Ben Kingsley (Gandhi,
Schindler’s List), Journey to Mecca stars Chems Eddine Zinoun (The Objective)
as Ibn Battuta and Hassam Ghancy (Traitor, Rendition) as the Highwayman. This
remarkable film will be distributed to Giant Screens worldwide by SK Films in
association with National Geographic"
http://www.journeytomeccagiantscreen.com/
Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta ~ New IMAX Film
Opens February 7, 2009
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/imax/default.asp?filmdetail=Journey+to+Mecca
Journey to Mecca tells the story of a young scholar, who leaves Tangier in 1325
on an epic and perilous journey, travelling alone from his home in Morocco to
reach Mecca, some 3,000 miles to the east.
lbn Battuta is besieged by countless obstacles as he makes his way across the
North African desert to Mecca. Along the route he meets an unlikely stranger, a
highwayman, who becomes his paid protector and eventual friend.
During his travels he is attacked by bandits, dehydrated by thirst, rescued by
Bedouins and forced to retrace his route by a war-locked Red Sea. lbn Battuta
finally joins the legendary Damascus Caravan with thousands of pilgrims bound
for Mecca for the final leg of what would become his 5,000 mile, 18 month long
journey to Mecca.
When he arrives in Mecca, he is a man transformed. We then experience the Hajj
as he did over 700 years ago and, in recognition of its timelessness, we
dissolve to the Hajj as it is still performed today by millions of pilgrims in
some of the most extraordinary and moving IMAX® footage ever presented.
lbn Battuta would not return home for almost 30 years, reaching over 40
countries and revisiting Mecca five more times to perform the Hajj. He would
travel three times farther than Marco Polo.
His legacy is one of the greatest travel journals ever recorded. A crater on
the moon is named in his honour.
An SK Films Release in association with National Geographic of a Cosmic Picture
Film.
With Regards
Abi
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